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Macro Mondays theme ''Staying Healthy''
Orange juice, there is no better way to get your daily intake of ascorbic acid! Ascorbic what? Well, vitamin C! We should get between 65 to 90 mg of vitamin C a day. A glass of orange juice will provide around 50 mg. Not bad!
For my picture I used a very small glass and I should probably drink two or three of these to get the recommended vitamin C intake. Or, of course, I could always use a bigger glass. 😊 Anyhow, for Macro Monday, I made sure I respected the 3” guideline.
Stay healthy! Drink your orange juice everyday, and take plenty of nice pictures! It’s good for the body and the soul!
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Macro Mondays: Look Up theme
The new leaves on our lavender trumpet vine. The 2 larger leaves seen here are 1.5" tip to base. Image is within the 3" guideline for Macro Mondays (even though that is a vast expanse of Arizona blue sky in the background).
Not sure about the rest of the MM group members, but I have a stiff neck from taking photos while looking up. Thanks, Steve. 😉
Macro Mondays
Theme: Stone Rhyming Zone.
The word Stone rhymes with Metatone, this image is a section of the bottle label it measures 2 x 2 inches well within the 3 inch guideline.
I have been feeling a little run down lately and have taken this tonic, I believe it has helped me to regain my vitality, and I would recommend it especially if you are run down after flu or colds.
By Sean Walsh.
Happy Macro Monday Everyone!!!!
Macro Mondays theme : Wheel(s)
This is a small wooden toy locomotive. To complete the train, there are 3 more cars. But since the focus here are the wheels and this needs to comply with the 3” guideline I only used the locomotive.
As a reference, the locomotive measures 2” in height.
Everyone on board! We are leaving!
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"Macro Mondays" theme: Flame 29-01-2018
The pirates treasure and booty are all lit up by the flames!
Happy Macro Monday everyone!
Thank you! for any views favs or comments .. appreciated.
New week greetings also!
Bicycle Tyre (or should that be bicicle tire? It would be much easier if we just all spoke Latin :) )
A bit of a rush for Macro Mondays theme transportation today. I really ought to be doing something else but the Flickr tremor had returned…
A child’s bike rescued from the local public tip and that will shortly be given to a local charity who can make very good use of it. It’s a real shame what gets thrown away at times, though I appreciate it takes time and effort to find good homes for things.
Although toys are excluded from the theme, as most parents will know, a child's bike is real transportation for a mini-human, so I thought I might get away with it. Cropped to well within three inches for size guideline.
Thanks for taking time to look. I hope you enjoy the image in spite of the tremor :) Happy Macro Mondays!!!
[Handheld in bright sunlight.
Developed in Lightroom and contrast and a bit of extra colour for the lichen (it’s clean air in the country so the stuff grows everywhere lol).
Sharpened in Affinity Photo with Clarity and High Pass/ Linear blend. Unsharp Mask was ugly for this one.
And, yes - well spotted: there is a bit of added motion blur on the diagonal, selectively masked ;) .
Slight dark vignette.]
Macro Mondays theme : Medical
For this week's theme, I used a stethoscope. More precisely, the chest piece and bell of a stethoscope. As a reference, the little heart is 1 ¼” wide and 1” in height. I made sure the whole frame respects the 3” guideline.
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Macro Mondays: Members choice- Bokeh 25-12-2017
Christmas sparkles with a touch of bokeh
taken up close and personal in macro.
Well under the 3 inch guideline.
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Merry Christmas wishes to everyone!!!!!
Macro Mondays theme: One Color
This image respect the 3" guideline.
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Macro Mondays theme "Condiment"
For this macro Monday’s theme "Condiments ", here is a picture of pickled onions. Pickled onions are made of onions (what a surprise!) in a vinegar and salt solution. They can be used as condiments or side dish. The small bottle in the picture is 1.5” tall. The whole picture respects the 3” guideline.
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Some title, huh??? Guilt, guilt, guilt, guilt..... I'm torn because I'm having a hard time lately, keeping up with all of you, yet I still need to upload a shot each day :( which is making me question my decision. Please know I'm trying and will be online tonight, trying to catch up with you.
Guess I should say that my challenge is a bit different. When looking at my calendar for last year, except for my 3 weeks in July (Wales and Ireland), I almost took and posted a shot each day. So MY goal was to take a shot EVERYDAY, but also to have a loose guideline that I could use MOST of the time (told myself the aim was to try to use the guidelines 50-75% of the time. I wanted to try to take 'other' shots and broaden the types of things i normally shoot. I like that aspect of it,....i mean who wants a stream of 100% sunrises when you can step out of your comfort zone and try other things. But I still feel like I cant keep up with everyone. SO just know that i'm not forgetting anyone, and will get to you asap.
A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual, and which is not a part of normal development or culture. The recognition and understanding of mental health conditions has changed over time and across cultures, and there are still variations in the definition, assessment, and classification of mental disorders, although standard guideline criteria are widely accepted. A few mental disorders are diagnosed based on the harm to others, regardless of the subject's perception of distress. Over a third of people in most countries report meeting criteria for the major categories at some point in their lives.
The causes are often explained in terms of a diathesis-stress model or biopsychosocial model. In biological psychiatry, mental disorders are conceptualized as disorders of brain circuits likely caused by developmental processes shaped by a complex interplay of genetics and experience.[1]
Services are based in psychiatric hospitals or in the community. Diagnoses are made by psychiatrists or clinical psychologists using various methods, often relying on observation and questioning in interviews. Treatments are provided by various mental health professionals. Psychotherapy and psychiatric medication are two major treatment options, as are social interventions, peer support and self-help. In some cases there may be involuntary detention and involuntary treatment where legislation allows.
Stigma and discrimination add to the suffering associated with the disorders, and have led to various social movements attempting to increase acceptance.
A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual, and which is not a part of normal development or culture. The recognition and understanding of mental health conditions has changed over time and across cultures, and there are still variations in the definition, assessment, and classification of mental disorders, although standard guideline criteria are widely accepted. A few mental disorders are diagnosed based on the harm to others, regardless of the subject's perception of distress. Over a third of people in most countries report meeting criteria for the major categories at some point in their lives.
The causes are often explained in terms of a diathesis-stress model or biopsychosocial model. In biological psychiatry, mental disorders are conceptualized as disorders of brain circuits likely caused by developmental processes shaped by a complex interplay of genetics and experience.[1]
Services are based in psychiatric hospitals or in the community. Diagnoses are made by psychiatrists or clinical psychologists using various methods, often relying on observation and questioning in interviews. Treatments are provided by various mental health professionals. Psychotherapy and psychiatric medication are two major treatment options, as are social interventions, peer support and self-help. In some cases there may be involuntary detention and involuntary treatment where legislation allows.
Stigma and discrimination add to the suffering associated with the disorders, and have led to various social movements attempting to increase acceptance.
I toasted a bagel and added some cheddar cheese on the bottom half. I fried a slice of ham and an egg the stacked that on the top half. Macro for main meal with food only guideline.
read each of the statements and select the one which discribes how you feel / discribe
psychosocial therapies are part of the standard management of schizophrenic illnesses, but have not been subjected to systematic evaluation and are therefore not included in this guideline. This does not imply that they are not essential components of good practice.
The remainder of this section describes the evidence for the effectiveness of Education Programmes, Family Interventions, and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in the management of schizophrenia. Section 3 provides recommendations for the application of these interventions in clinical practice, according to the phase of the illness.
Education programmes
Education Programmes are directed at either patients or carers/family members and have several aims. Improvement in knowledge of schizophrenia and its course and in compliance with treatment has been shown. There is also evidence of greater satisfaction with services provided. Some programmes go beyond the provision of information and take an educational approach to skills training or problem solving.
Education Programmes for patients may be undertaken in individual or in group settings. Simple information-giving is less effective than interactive sessions. The focus includes giving information about the course and management of the illness, including the importance of compliance with medication and the management of stress.
Providing carers and family members with information on the likely course of the illness, the treatments available, the importance of compliance and the services available is an essential element of good practice It may be undertaken as part of a Family Intervention programme
Specific techniques, e.g. use of homework or video, have not been shown to improve the assimilation of information, but a group setting has advantages
Family interventions
The aims of 'Family Intervention' include reduction of frequency of relapse into illness and reduction of hospital admissions, reduction in the burden of care on families and carers, and improvement in compliance with medication.
Some Family Intervention Programmes have targeted families where there are high levels of criticism, hostility and over-involvement. 'High expressed emotion' is a measure of these features and programmes which reduce this or reduce the amount of 'face to face' contact between the patient and family members have been shown to reduce the frequency of relapse. However, the measurement of expressed emotion is a research technique which is not practical for everyday use. Family Intervention Programmes which are not derived from this theoretical background have been shown to be effective.
Most intervention strategies contain more than one technique. Separating and defining the effects of the components of an intervention strategy is not possible at present as few studies examine the effect of a single technique and only a general description of interventions used in research studies is usually given. However, a number of practice guides have been published which give detailed descriptions of the techniques employed in some studies. Family Intervention has been shown to be effective with some variation in the components of the programme, but family sessions to address the problems identified in the analysis may not be effective if the patient is not included. Social skills training and vocational rehabilitation were included in some studies. These are not covered as separate interventions in the guideline.
Cognitive behaviour therapy
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for psychosis is a modification of standard cognitive behavioural therapy. The aim is to modify symptoms (e.g. delusions, hallucinations) or the consequences of the symptoms which may be cognitive, emotional, physiological or behavioural. The treatment programme is intensive (involving about 20 hours of individual treatment) and based on an individually tailored formulation which provides an explanation of the development, maintenance and exacerbation of symptoms and of pre-morbid mood, interpersonal and behavioural difficulties.
There is now good evidence that treatment resistant symptoms (delusions, hallucinations) can be substantially reduced in a significant proportion of those who complete therapy. It is not yet clear who is most likely to benefit from treatment and many patients may be unwilling to participate. The treatment is well tolerated. However, reduction of symptoms has not been shown to lead to significant social or lifestyle improvements.
A combination of the following techniques has been shown to be most effective in lessening symptoms of psychosis resistant to other forms of treatment:
◦enhancement of cognitive behavioural coping strategies5
◦developing a rationale to explain symptoms28◦realistic goal setting
◦modification of delusional beliefs29◦modification of dysfunctional assumptions.
A number of these techniques are a refinement of normal good practice using a systematic approach.
'Early Intervention Studies' have aimed to identify prodromal symptoms or the 'signature' preceding relapse. The approach is not a form of cognitive therapy, but early intervention with medication or Cognitive Behaviour Therapy may be facilitated
When I spotted the scooter there was no girl. Just a lone, abandoned scooter in the middle of a hallway that caught my eye so I thought I’d take a picture.
As I raised my camera to my face the little girl ran out of nowhere to claim it. Staring straight at me, she smiled as I stood there awkwardly with my camera pressed to my eye.
I don’t like to take photos of children I don’t know that can be recognised. It’s a guideline I set when I first started to shoot #streetphotography. So you can imagine the sigh of relief when she turned around to face her oncoming family.
An image that went down a storm on Twitter, yet so far has bombed on Instagram. Lets see the response here
Cornus Kousa Fruit.
A bit of a last minute job for this week’s Macro Mondays sidelit theme. Oh to have a photographic studio with darkroom blinds! It probably wouldn’t be as much fun though...
This is the strawberry-like fruit of one of my favourite trees, the Cornus Kousa (variously called the Korean or Japanese Dogwood or even the Szechuan Strawberry). This year the fruit have been prolific though they are beginning to drop now as Autumn progresses.
This smallish tree has a spreading habit and gives light shade, so it’s a great tree for a not very big garden. Around May for about six weeks it is covered with large white flower-like bracts (which last much longer than flowers would), and then later you get the red fruit and nice Autumn leaf colours. You can eat the fruit but when we checked with the Royal Horticultural Society they said it wasn’t up to much so I haven’t tried.
For the sidelit theme I wanted to take something with lots of texture that would pop into relief with the hard directional light. At first I thought of a thimble but reckoned that would be popular for exactly that reason, so my second thought was this thing. I’d wanted to take a macro of one for a while in any case, so it’s a bit of self-indulgence really :) .
You probably have the idea that this was finely crafted in some professional studio set-up. Come on, you ought to know me better by now! It was taken on a cardboard box in my daughter’s bedroom with the curtains shut, while kneeling on the floor. Black card underneath and behind the fruit and a hand-held pencil torch for the lighting (trying to avoid lighting the card). Jolly uncomfortable :)
Working in the dark for focusing was annoying fun but with a bit of tweaking I got there. Time was limited so I only took six shots. Bit risky that (normally I end up taking dozens learning as I go).
Fairly straightforward processing; probably the most influential thing was the crop: wide format, off centre with plenty of space around. Hope it works for you. The fruit is 2.2cm wide so the whole image is well within the guideline for the group – yay!
The final image reminds me of some electron microscope pictures I have seen of viruses, hence the title.
As ever thanks for taking time to look and perhaps read. I appreciate your interest. I hope you enjoy the image!
[Tripod mounted; delayed shutter release; VR off to stop motor shake; manually focused using LiveView. Into LR for the basics: darkened the blacks to get rid of the light on the card; boosted the clarity. Into Affinity Photo for added saturation and to get rid of a cyan shadow cast we picked up from somewhere; Topaz Detail for sharpening at a medium general level.]
Macro Mondays theme "TrickOrTreat"
Jack o’ lanterns are associated with Halloween. Some are scary, some are funny… Mine? It’s up to you to decide if it is scary enough for you. Of course, being that small it may not impress much. But perhaps you are scared of spiders? Take a closer look!
Note: This is a small pumpkin and this image was cropped to fit the 3” guideline.
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Macro Mademoiselle theme : " Perfume "
For this week Macro Mondays theme “In a Row”, I used four miniature perfume bottles I received a while back as a gift. I arranged them in a way to respect the 3” guideline, while keeping them in a row. The bottle in the foreground is barely 2” tall. Well, that was a “feel good/smell good” photo session!
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While we were at the Valley of Fire state park, we did the white domes trail on the first day. This scenic loop hike traverses through some interesting sights and a short but very beautiful slot canyon. The trail starts right by the parking lot and soon descents through a narrow boulder filled pathway to a sandy basin. This location and the various giant boulders present here gives you access to some amazing views. There is also an old ruin of a movie set here to explore. I was more interested in getting to the slot canyon part of the trail and it didn’t disappoint. It started out wide but rapidly narrowed to a point it was a struggle to get a level foothold on the canyon floor.
For this shot, I placed the camera and the tripod close to the entrance of the slot canyon and composed the shot closer to one of the walls to give the interesting holes that were present in the canyon walls a bit more prominence. One of the major challenges in shooting canyons is balancing the light above the canyon with the deep shadows within the canyons and this becomes a lot more problematic with slot canyons as this difference is often greater. So the general guideline is to omit the sky or the brighter top edges of the canyon walls from your composition. I only stray from this rule when the patterns on the canyon walls or other structures clearly leads the eye of the viewer up. While today’s image is an example of me following the rule, this image is an example where I shot an exception to the rule.
For Macro Mondays “Back In The Day” theme
(Note: Above is the version cropped per instructions of Macro Monday administrators to meet the group’s 3-inch guideline. The original image that I posted, which shows the tool in a more understandable context as to how it was worn, can be seen in the first comments box for anyone who is interested.)
This vintage tool was among my father’s things when he died. It was probably worn by him when he was a young man or perhaps by his father before him for use in harvesting corn by hand.
The tool consists of a metal hook riveted to a formed leather piece that straps around the hand and wrist using attached straps and buckles. Users walked beside horse-drawn wagons in the fields as they husked the corn manually and threw it into the wagons. The hook on the tool was used to rip the corn husk open so that the ear could be easily broken off the shank that leads to the stalk. Though labor-saving machinery was available for corn harvesting by the 1920s, some farmers still husked and harvested corn by hand into the 1940s.
The text on the tool metal says “The Raidt Make, Shenandoah, Iowa.” A bit of Googling reveals that there was once a company called Raidt Mfg Co. in Shenandoah, which is not far from where members of my family have farmed for generations in Southwest Iowa.
HMM
First post-BrickFair MOC... Having been pulled out of the back of a car at an undisclosed location, Indiana Jones finds himself attempting to find a specific box for Irina Spalko in a warehouse full of similar-looking crates. Upon having retrieved the box, Indy makes an untimely escape, which requires his quick agility and a talent of running on rafters suspended over a concrete floor while being shot at. Safe, right?
Lots of interesting techniques went into the making of the jeep that you see here in the picture. I made a collage of the techniques that you can view here: www.flickr.com/gp/john_klapheke/4k6u46
Also, a shoutout to Brian Williams whose Indiana Jones Area 51 MOC served as a great guideline and source of inspiration for this model. And as usual a big thank you to the Harry Potter builders for their unwavering inspiration.
When stitching my needlepoint projects, I use a nail clipper instead of scissors. They work well and airport security has no problem with them.
Hand tool - Macro Mondays
The image fits the 3" guideline.
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A few more random bits and pieces to upload before I get stuck into my next trip......
This is another flipped version of a square cropped rotated fisheye photo taken inside the Lingotto Factory in Turin.
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From Wikipedia, "Lingotto is the name of a district of Turin, Italy, as well as the name of the Lingotto building in Via Nizza. It once housed a car factory built by Italian automotive company Fiat and today houses the administrative headquarters of the manufacturer and a multipurpose centre projected by architect Renzo Piano.
Construction of the building started in 1916 and it was inaugurated in 1923. The design by the young architect Giacomo Matté-Trucco, was unusual in that it had five floors, with raw materials going in at the ground floor, and cars built on a line that went up through the building. Finished cars emerged at rooftop level to go onto the 1.5km long test track. The construction was carried out by the company of G A Porcheddu. It was the largest car factory in the world at that time. For its time, the Lingotto building was avant-garde, influential and impressive—Le Corbusier called it "one of the most impressive sights in industry", and "a guideline for town planning". 80 different models of car were produced there in its lifetime, including the Fiat Topolino of 1936. "
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Actually run out of processed shots to upload so it may get a bit random round here until I can spend some time over the coming Easter weekend to process a new batch.
In the meantime here's a new square format crop of a photo of the internal car ramp n the Lingotto factory in Turin, as shot with my 8mm Samyang fisheye lens.
On our last day in Turin we managed a quick visit to the famous Fiat Lingotto Factory. It's probably most famous for the rooftop racetrack which briefly starred in The Italian Job'.
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From Wikipedia : "Lingotto is a district of Turin, Italy, and the location of the Lingotto building in Via Nizza. This building once housed an automobile factory built by Fiat.
Construction started in 1916 and the building opened in 1923. The design (by young architect Matté Trucco) was unusual in that it had five floors, with raw materials going in at the ground floor, and cars built on a line that went up through the building. Finished cars emerged at rooftop level to go onto the test track. It was the largest car factory in the world at that time. For its time, the Lingotto building was avant-garde, influential and impressive—Le Corbusier called it "one of the most impressive sights in industry", and "a guideline for town planning". 80 different models of car were produced there in its lifetime, including the Fiat Topolino of 1936.
The factory became outmoded in the 1970s and the decision was made to finally close it in 1982. The closure of the plant led to much public debate about its future, and how to recover from industrial decline in general. An architectural competition was held, which was eventually awarded to Renzo Piano, who envisioned an exciting public space for the city. The old factory was rebuilt into a modern complex, with concert halls, theatre, a convention centre, shopping arcades and a hotel. The eastern portion of the building is the headquarters of the Automotive Engineering faculty of the Polytechnic University of Turin. The work was completed in 1989. The track was retained, and can still be visited today on the top floor of the shopping mall and hotel."
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Painted line on the sound drum assembly from a Kalart-Victor 70-25 16mm sound movie projector. The projector was threaded in an unusual way, following painted red, white, and blue lines, in that order, color-coding the threading path.
On a wonderful thunderstorm evening, nature showed its colorful and most beautiful sides. The walkway and the barriers form a double guideline in this photo. The reflection of the footbridge and parts of the sky are breathtaking. The thunderstorm was later in full swing and numerous lightning strikes moved across Lake Constance to Germany.
Well maybe not quite but these two rocks seemed to escape from the jumble on the shore and give me a good guideline to focus on the island that was once Mt. Lizzie in the distance.
Here's Several Haiku Notes:
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To know what I know
having earned a Ph.D.
I am who I am
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If you should seek peace,
listen to the voice within;
follow its advice.
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A Buddhist Haiku
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What is Buddhism?
For me: A Philosophy,
not a religion.
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“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”
~ The Buddha ~
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The Noble Eightfold Path describes the way to the end of suffering, as it was laid out by Siddhartha Gautama. It is a practical guideline to ethical and mental development with the goal of freeing the individual from attachments and delusions; and it finally leads to understanding the truth about all things. Together with the Four Noble Truths it constitutes the gist of Buddhism. Great emphasis is put on the practical aspect, because it is only through practice that one can attain a higher level of existence and finally reach Nirvana. The eight aspects of the path are not to be understood as a sequence of single steps, instead they are highly interdependent principles that have to be seen in relationship with each other.
1. Right View
Right view is the beginning and the end of the path, it simply means to see and to understand things as they really are and to realise the Four Noble Truths. As such, right view is the cognitive aspect of wisdom. It means to see things through, to grasp the impermanent and imperfect nature of worldly objects and ideas, and to understand the law of karma and karmic conditioning. Right view is not necessarily an intellectual capacity, just as wisdom is not just a matter of intelligence. Instead, right view is attained, sustained, and enhanced through all capacities of mind. It begins with the intuitive insight that all beings are subject to suffering and it ends with complete understanding of the true nature of all things. Since our view of the world forms our thoughts and our actions, right view yields right thoughts and right actions.
2. Right Intention
While right view refers to the cognitive aspect of wisdom, right intention refers to the volitional aspect, i.e. the kind of mental energy that controls our actions. Right intention can be described best as commitment to ethical and mental self-improvement. Buddha distinguishes three types of right intentions: 1. the intention of renunciation, which means resistance to the pull of desire, 2. the intention of good will, meaning resistance to feelings of anger and aversion, and 3. the intention of harmlessness, meaning not to think or act cruelly, violently, or aggressively, and to develop compassion.
3. Right Speech
Right speech is the first principle of ethical conduct in the eightfold path. Ethical conduct is viewed as a guideline to moral discipline, which supports the other principles of the path. This aspect is not self-sufficient, however, essential, because mental purification can only be achieved through the cultivation of ethical conduct. The importance of speech in the context of Buddhist ethics is obvious: words can break or save lives, make enemies or friends, start war or create peace. Buddha explained right speech as follows: 1. to abstain from false speech, especially not to tell deliberate lies and not to speak deceitfully, 2. to abstain from slanderous speech and not to use words maliciously against others, 3. to abstain from harsh words that offend or hurt others, and 4. to abstain from idle chatter that lacks purpose or depth. Positively phrased, this means to tell the truth, to speak friendly, warm, and gently and to talk only when necessary.
4. Right Action
The second ethical principle, right action, involves the body as natural means of expression, as it refers to deeds that involve bodily actions. Unwholesome actions lead to unsound states of mind, while wholesome actions lead to sound states of mind. Again, the principle is explained in terms of abstinence: right action means 1. to abstain from harming sentient beings, especially to abstain from taking life (including suicide) and doing harm intentionally or delinquently, 2. to abstain from taking what is not given, which includes stealing, robbery, fraud, deceitfulness, and dishonesty, and 3. to abstain from sexual misconduct. Positively formulated, right action means to act kindly and compassionately, to be honest, to respect the belongings of others, and to keep sexual relationships harmless to others. Further details regarding the concrete meaning of right action can be found in the Precepts.
5. Right Livelihood
Right livelihood means that one should earn one's living in a righteous way and that wealth should be gained legally and peacefully. The Buddha mentions four specific activities that harm other beings and that one should avoid for this reason: 1. dealing in weapons, 2. dealing in living beings (including raising animals for slaughter as well as slave trade and prostitution), 3. working in meat production and butchery, and 4. selling intoxicants and poisons, such as alcohol and drugs. Furthermore any other occupation that would violate the principles of right speech and right action should be avoided.
6. Right Effort
Right effort can be seen as a prerequisite for the other principles of the path. Without effort, which is in itself an act of will, nothing can be achieved, whereas misguided effort distracts the mind from its task, and confusion will be the consequence. Mental energy is the force behind right effort; it can occur in either wholesome or unwholesome states. The same type of energy that fuels desire, envy, aggression, and violence can on the other side fuel self-discipline, honesty, benevolence, and kindness. Right effort is detailed in four types of endeavours that rank in ascending order of perfection: 1. to prevent the arising of unarisen unwholesome states, 2. to abandon unwholesome states that have already arisen, 3. to arouse wholesome states that have not yet arisen, and 4. to maintain and perfect wholesome states already arisen.
7. Right Mindfulness
Right mindfulness is the controlled and perfected faculty of cognition. It is the mental ability to see things as they are, with clear consciousness. Usually, the cognitive process begins with an impression induced by perception, or by a thought, but then it does not stay with the mere impression. Instead, we almost always conceptualise sense impressions and thoughts immediately. We interpret them and set them in relation to other thoughts and experiences, which naturally go beyond the facticity of the original impression. The mind then posits concepts, joins concepts into constructs, and weaves those constructs into complex interpretative schemes. All this happens only half consciously, and as a result we often see things obscured. Right mindfulness is anchored in clear perception and it penetrates impressions without getting carried away. Right mindfulness enables us to be aware of the process of conceptualisation in a way that we actively observe and control the way our thoughts go. Buddha accounted for this as the four foundations of mindfulness: 1. contemplation of the body, 2. contemplation of feeling (repulsive, attractive, or neutral), 3. contemplation of the state of mind, and 4. contemplation of the phenomena.
8. Right Concentration
The eighth principle of the path, right concentration, refers to the development of a mental force that occurs in natural consciousness, although at a relatively low level of intensity, namely concentration. Concentration in this context is described as one-pointedness of mind, meaning a state where all mental faculties are unified and directed onto one particular object. Right concentration for the purpose of the eightfold path means wholesome concentration, i.e. concentration on wholesome thoughts and actions. The Buddhist method of choice to develop right concentration is through the practice of meditation. The meditating mind focuses on a selected object. It first directs itself onto it, then sustains concentration, and finally intensifies concentration step by step. Through this practice it becomes natural to apply elevated levels of concentration also in everyday situations.
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After getting my two Moderna vaccines in 2021, I thought I'd be done with this...but, here we go again...got a Moderna Booster today. So far, I've been healthy. Hope to keep it that way.
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An Illusional Haiku
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The eyes of buddha;
what is it that they all see?
Life's an illusion.
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"See what is.
See what is not.
Follow the true way."
~ The Buddha ~
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The Noble Eightfold Path describes the way to the end of suffering, as it was laid out by Siddhartha Gautama. It is a practical guideline to ethical and mental development with the goal of freeing the individual from attachments and delusions; and it finally leads to understanding the truth about all things. Together with the Four Noble Truths it constitutes the gist of Buddhism. Great emphasis is put on the practical aspect, because it is only through practice that one can attain a higher level of existence and finally reach Nirvana. The eight aspects of the path are not to be understood as a sequence of single steps, instead they are highly interdependent principles that have to be seen in relationship with each other.
1. Right View
Right view is the beginning and the end of the path, it simply means to see and to understand things as they really are and to realise the Four Noble Truth. As such, right view is the cognitive aspect of wisdom. It means to see things through, to grasp the impermanent and imperfect nature of worldly objects and ideas, and to understand the law of karma and karmic conditioning. Right view is not necessarily an intellectual capacity, just as wisdom is not just a matter of intelligence. Instead, right view is attained, sustained, and enhanced through all capacities of mind. It begins with the intuitive insight that all beings are subject to suffering and it ends with complete understanding of the true nature of all things. Since our view of the world forms our thoughts and our actions, right view yields right thoughts and right actions.
2. Right Intention
While right view refers to the cognitive aspect of wisdom, right intention refers to the volitional aspect, i.e. the kind of mental energy that controls our actions. Right intention can be described best as commitment to ethical and mental self-improvement. Buddha distinguishes three types of right intentions: 1. the intention of renunciation, which means resistance to the pull of desire, 2. the intention of good will, meaning resistance to feelings of anger and aversion, and 3. the intention of harmlessness, meaning not to think or act cruelly, violently, or aggressively, and to develop compassion.
3. Right Speech
Right speech is the first principle of ethical conduct in the eightfold path. Ethical conduct is viewed as a guideline to moral discipline, which supports the other principles of the path. This aspect is not self-sufficient, however, essential, because mental purification can only be achieved through the cultivation of ethical conduct. The importance of speech in the context of Buddhist ethics is obvious: words can break or save lives, make enemies or friends, start war or create peace. Buddha explained right speech as follows: 1. to abstain from false speech, especially not to tell deliberate lies and not to speak deceitfully, 2. to abstain from slanderous speech and not to use words maliciously against others, 3. to abstain from harsh words that offend or hurt others, and 4. to abstain from idle chatter that lacks purpose or depth. Positively phrased, this means to tell the truth, to speak friendly, warm, and gently and to talk only when necessary.
4. Right Action
The second ethical principle, right action, involves the body as natural means of expression, as it refers to deeds that involve bodily actions. Unwholesome actions lead to unsound states of mind, while wholesome actions lead to sound states of mind. Again, the principle is explained in terms of abstinence: right action means 1. to abstain from harming sentient beings, especially to abstain from taking life (including suicide) and doing harm intentionally or delinquently, 2. to abstain from taking what is not given, which includes stealing, robbery, fraud, deceitfulness, and dishonesty, and 3. to abstain from sexual misconduct. Positively formulated, right action means to act kindly and compassionately, to be honest, to respect the belongings of others, and to keep sexual relationships harmless to others. Further details regarding the concrete meaning of right action can be found in the Precepts.
5. Right Livelihood
Right livelihood means that one should earn one's living in a righteous way and that wealth should be gained legally and peacefully. The Buddha mentions four specific activities that harm other beings and that one should avoid for this reason: 1. dealing in weapons, 2. dealing in living beings (including raising animals for slaughter as well as slave trade and prostitution), 3. working in meat production and butchery, and 4. selling intoxicants and poisons, such as alcohol and drugs. Furthermore any other occupation that would violate the principles of right speech and right action should be avoided.
6. Right Effort
Right effort can be seen as a prerequisite for the other principles of the path. Without effort, which is in itself an act of will, nothing can be achieved, whereas misguided effort distracts the mind from its task, and confusion will be the consequence. Mental energy is the force behind right effort; it can occur in either wholesome or unwholesome states. The same type of energy that fuels desire, envy, aggression, and violence can on the other side fuel self-discipline, honesty, benevolence, and kindness. Right effort is detailed in four types of endeavours that rank in ascending order of perfection: 1. to prevent the arising of unarisen unwholesome states, 2. to abandon unwholesome states that have already arisen, 3. to arouse wholesome states that have not yet arisen, and 4. to maintain and perfect wholesome states already arisen.
7. Right Mindfulness
Right mindfulness is the controlled and perfected faculty of cognition. It is the mental ability to see things as they are, with clear consciousness. Usually, the cognitive process begins with an impression induced by perception, or by a thought, but then it does not stay with the mere impression. Instead, we almost always conceptualise sense impressions and thoughts immediately. We interpret them and set them in relation to other thoughts and experiences, which naturally go beyond the facticity of the original impression. The mind then posits concepts, joins concepts into constructs, and weaves those constructs into complex interpretative schemes. All this happens only half consciously, and as a result we often see things obscured. Right mindfulness is anchored in clear perception and it penetrates impressions without getting carried away. Right mindfulness enables us to be aware of the process of conceptualisation in a way that we actively observe and control the way our thoughts go. Buddha accounted for this as the four foundations of mindfulness: 1. contemplation of the body, 2. contemplation of feeling (repulsive, attractive, or neutral), 3. contemplation of the state of mind, and 4. contemplation of the phenomena.
8. Right Concentration
The eighth principle of the path, right concentration, refers to the development of a mental force that occurs in natural consciousness, although at a relatively low level of intensity, namely concentration. Concentration in this context is described as one-pointedness of mind, meaning a state where all mental faculties are unified and directed onto one particular object. Right concentration for the purpose of the eightfold path means wholesome concentration, i.e. concentration on wholesome thoughts and actions. The Buddhist method of choice to develop right concentration is through the practice of meditation. The meditating mind focuses on a selected object. It first directs itself onto it, then sustains concentration, and finally intensifies concentration step by step. Through this practice it becomes natural to apply elevated levels of concentration also in everyday situations.
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Dave: Eva, do you like the new mug?
Eva: Great idea to give me a coffee mug. I could use a bit more energy.
Dave: Really, the dog that is always ready to go at a moment's notice is looking for caffeine?
Eva: Yup. It's what us Brits do. Jack ourselves up on caffeine then terrify birds and make plans to rule the world.
Dave: I'm not sure that's a real thing for Brittanies to do.
Eva: Which part of it?
Dave: The coffee. And possibly the rule the world part too.
Eva: Well, if you kept the coffee tin lower without clicking the latch on it I'm sure you'd see that you're wrong about both of those.
Dave: You must realize that coffee is bad for dogs.
Eva: Pish posh. That's more of a guideline than a rule.
Dave: Yeah, we'll be keeping the coffee canister clicked shut in that high cupboard.
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Eva using the "can't stop won't stop" mug for her breakfast kibble. No coffee was consumed during this photo session.
Another one with her big hairy brother is linked in the comments below.
Macro Mondays theme: Monday, October 23rd is SPIRAL.
Corkscrew on a Swiss Army Knife.
After re-reading the definition this capture may not fully meet the description given - but to me it is a spiral.
The knife is 3 1/2" long and the corkscrew is about an inch and a half long - so at least the size guideline of a maximum of 3" (7.6 cm) as is met.
Happy Macro Monday to all ...
9.11.1989
Schabowski (1. Sekretär der SED-Bezirksleitung Berlin), teilt den erstaunten Journalisten mit, dass ab sofort Westreisen für jedermann möglich sind. Viele DDR-Bürger sehen die Mitteilung im Fernsehen. Die Regelung war ursprünglich als Richtlinie für die ständige Ausreise in die Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ohne Recht auf Rückkehr) gedacht. Sie sollte den anhaltenden Ausreisestrom über die Tschechoslowakei stoppen.
"Und deshalb haben wir uns dazu entschlossen, heute eine Regelung zu treffen, die es jedem Bürger der DDR möglich macht, über Grenzübergangspunkte der DDR auszureisen. ...Also, Privatreisen nach dem Ausland können ohne Vorliegen von Voraussetzungen, Reiseanlässen und Verwandtschaftsverhältnissen beantragt werden. Die Genehmigungen werden kurzfristig erteilt...Das tritt nach meiner Kenntnis, ähh, ist das sofort, unverzüglich."
www.lpb-bw.de/fall_der_berliner_mauer.html
November the 9 th, 1989
Mr. Schabowski (1st Secretary of the SED district administration Berlin), informs the astonished journalists that from now on Western travel is possible for everyone. Many GDR citizens see the message on television. The regulation was originally intended as a guideline for the permanent departure to the Federal Republic of Germany (without right of return). It was supposed to stop the ongoing outflow through Czechoslovakia.
"And that's why we decided today to come up with a ruling that would make it possible for every citizen of the GDR to travel through border crossing points in the GDR. ... So, private trips to foreign countries can be applied for without conditions, travel arrangements and kinship Permits will be issued at short notice ... This occurs to my knowledge, uh, that is immediate, promptly. "
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Alle die diesen Tag erlebt haben, werden ihn nie vergessen
Everyone who has experienced this day will never forget it
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Portion of a manufactured shawl sweater, with part of a stitched logo.
The original frame was 40mm (1.6") on the long side, so not quite 1:1 lifesize magnification, but well within the 3" (75mm) MM guideline. The frame was also cropped a little...
Extension tubes were used to get my lens into macro territory, furthermore, 300mm FL was used to get me a little more DOF and allow for the on camera flash to light the subject.
Photograph was taken and edited on March 26, 2017.
Thanks for stopping by! HMM!!!
Equipment used and EXIF:
Nikon D3300
Nikon Nikkor 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6 VR
Meike Extension tubes--56mm
1/160th seconds
f/8
iso 400
On-Camera Flash fired
PP--LR6 and CS6
The internal car ramp n the Lingotto factory, as shot with my 8mm Samyang fisheye lens.
On our last day in Turin we managed a quick visit to the famous Fiat Lingotto Factory. It's probably most famous for the rooftop racetrack which briefly starred in The Italian Job'.
Unfortunately we didn't get to see that properly as although it's included with entry to the Modern Art Museum on the roof we didn't have enough time available to justify the cost. Anyway, it's always good to leave a couple of things for a return visit........
Click here to see more of my photos from various trips to Italy : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157603213111374
From Wikipedia : "Lingotto is a district of Turin, Italy, and the location of the Lingotto building in Via Nizza. This building once housed an automobile factory built by Fiat.
Construction started in 1916 and the building opened in 1923. The design (by young architect Matté Trucco) was unusual in that it had five floors, with raw materials going in at the ground floor, and cars built on a line that went up through the building. Finished cars emerged at rooftop level to go onto the test track. It was the largest car factory in the world at that time. For its time, the Lingotto building was avant-garde, influential and impressive—Le Corbusier called it "one of the most impressive sights in industry", and "a guideline for town planning". 80 different models of car were produced there in its lifetime, including the Fiat Topolino of 1936.
The factory became outmoded in the 1970s and the decision was made to finally close it in 1982. The closure of the plant led to much public debate about its future, and how to recover from industrial decline in general. An architectural competition was held, which was eventually awarded to Renzo Piano, who envisioned an exciting public space for the city. The old factory was rebuilt into a modern complex, with concert halls, theatre, a convention centre, shopping arcades and a hotel. The eastern portion of the building is the headquarters of the Automotive Engineering faculty of the Polytechnic University of Turin. The work was completed in 1989. The track was retained, and can still be visited today on the top floor of the shopping mall and hotel."
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Smoky today like yesterday.
PM2.5 concentration in Edmonton is currently 18.4 times the WHO annual air quality guideline value
INSTA Float and Nemesis IMG_1212
Got a few things from the Epiphany Event and wanted to show them off :D
The hair is from the event from Truth; I really love the french twist style of this one, it's classy but casual at the same time.
The skin is from Atomic, and the rares are these custom mesh mouths. Atomic is in my top 3 of favorite skin makers, so this had me really excited. While there are a lot of perks, there are 2 minor cons at least for me.
The pros of these skins with these lips is that you can interchange the lipsticks and the skins. So if you have for example 3 of the skins, you can wear one and then switch over to one of the other two, load the lipstick hud for that skin, and apply it to the lips. The HUD itself is also awesome, because not only is it an easy one click application, it has a built-in resizer for the lips so you don't have to manually change their size on your own. The shape is adorable, especially the open mouth one.
So the two minor cons for me are: 1) It doesn't come with teeth. It looks like it does from the Ad, but the teeth are a separate 3rd party item (PXL to be exact). The open mouth was designed to be able to be used with your own favorite mesh teeth, which I think is great, but if you didn't own any and spent the money trying to get this open mouth because you thought the teeth came with it...I imagine that was probably just an innocent oversight, but for some that might be a let down. 2) For the life of me, I cannot get the lips to blend with the face skin 100%. The NC gives you a guideline, which I tried, but it would still leave the sides and bottom lifted above the face, causing it to be horribly noticeable. If you zoom in, you can kinda see the area to the side and below that I couldn't get to blend, and that was my best attempt which I got by changing my entire face shape. Now while I am fine with that, for some that might be a big no-go, especially if they always use the same modified facial features. I could possibly just be extremely terrible at this, but if I were to compare my experience with the VCO mesh lip to this, I'd have to say I had a much easier time getting the VCO lip to mesh with my face. I had the lighter of the two shades on as well, so I don't know if this same issue holds true when using the darker shade.
Like I said, to me they are minor cons, but still cons none the less, and something you should consider before going for them yourself.