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If one looks long enough, one can see faces in clouds; indeed, the same goes for abstracts possibly seen in rocks and boulders.
To me, these boulders resembled the head and body of an evil spirit, sitting in a river with arms outstretched, waiting to ensnare any hapless human who may stumble across the spirit's watery domain.
On the other hand, it could just be a photograph of a pile of random rocks in a nameless river; you choose.
According to Wikipedia, Pareidolia is - "the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus, usually visual, so that one sees an object, pattern, or meaning where there is none".
Phew! Thank goodness I'm not going crazy after all. LOL
The story
A long, long time ago- the world was torn apart by an infernal war between the Devas (celestial beings) and the Asuras (evil forces). Tired of constant attacks from the Asuras, the Devas paid homage to Lord Shiva and asked for his protection. Moved by their plight, Lord Shiva agreed to help the hapless Devas.
Lord Shiva opened the central eye on his forehead, radiating six sparks of fire. At the convergence of these sparks and through a series of celestial transformation, Lord Murugan appeared. He brought forward this powerful divine personality with elements of Himself and yet distinct from Him, powerful and brave enough to defeat the tyrannous Soorapadme - the meanest and most powerful of the Asuras. Armed with a Nyanya Vel (golden spear) presented to him by Lord Shiva, Lord Murugan went into battle with the evil force. A fierce battle ensued. Finally with one fatal stroke, Lord Murugan slayed Soorapadme. The divine converted one portion of the slain enemy into a peacock as his vehicle and the other portion into a cock adorning his banner.
Lord Murugan, the son of Lord Shiva is considered the very manifestation of valour, beauty, youthfulness, vitality, masculinity, valour and the abode of happiness. Thaipusam celebrates the very essence of Lord Murugan and the power of good over evil.
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This is a large pendant I assembled, featuring a detail from my painting 'The Hapless Prince'. This painting is special to me because it's when I really struck a chord with my digital collage first, and the painting won a Daily Deviation :)
This will be blogged soon ;).
©2008 Lisa Falzon all rights reserved
Which means: Don't use this in any manner or repost it without my permission. That is my sole right as the creator, which I choose to retain.
These clouds look like that.
The unlikely prey is Mata, a 6320 m high peak above the western shore of Tsomoriri.
Clouds in Ladakh are usually for colour and show. Throughout the year they produce just about 7 cms or so of precipitation.
Touchdown! over the end zone line! The fan on the left stood up to cheer, hence the blur image. Milt Stegall 85 and Terrance Edwards, 82. Assorted hapless "Riders' looking on.
This poor little thing really is the ugly duckling of the crop. Never would it have passed any quality standards test. And yet, it flaws seemed almost endearing to me.
Other shots of this hapless specimen:
www.flickr.com/photos/olivcris/4443790875/
www.flickr.com/photos/olivcris/4444563028/
G'day !
Great sadness had descended upon Gravesend when rumours abounded that Gilbert O'Sullivan had been found and had agreed to perform sickly and mawkish songs for some time, Gravesend would never be the same again.
So it was that John went to The Magic Chamber and said The Word that needed to be said, in moments such as this, and as if from nowhere did come Judy, from Planet Claire.
"We shall sing rock and roll and banish the hapless shade from our thoughts !" she laughed. "Fawww goodness sake !" sang John "I got the Hippy Hippy Shake et cetera !"
Gravesend was saved.
Walk Tall !
We were taking shots at The Houses of Parliament when a car pulls up beside us and out steps Alice Cooper. Hopefully he offered some sound advice to our hapless leaders!
Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols and his hapless girlfriend nacy Spungen also appeared here on drugs charges in 1978.
Sid went onto greater things shortly afterwards . he killed Nancy with a hunting Knife and then having been charged with second degree murder , died from a drugs overdose.
children dying
in gaza the world
watches haplessly
murder is the name
of the game death
comes effortlessly
earplugs on the
soul of humanity
world powers
stare impotently
for this man eyless
in gaza ..what is
there to see
satanic soliloquy
even god has lost
his godliness
he cries hollers
shamelessly
let my people free
let my people free
the Israelis answer
god dont worry
we are releasing
them completely
erasing cleansing
an entire ethnicity
imperialistic petro
powered american
backed hegemony
Another dark day for photography. Burgled again and three cameras stolen and Lina's laptop. Sadly, the little shit took my 1971 rangefinder Nikkormat with the quite beautiful f1.4 50mm Nikkor lens. Emotionally irreplaceable, albeit something very similar is available on eBay for about £150. A couple of weeks later the police caught the (allegedly) hapless thief redhanded and he 'fessed up' to our break in. Sadly, the Nikkormat and everything else was long gone.
Detail, Victorian Bronze Brocade Silk 2pc Brides Travel Dress. “The sad story of this dress is that it was made as part of a young woman’s bridal trousseau. This was her ‘going away’ dress. She was married, but the hapless bridegroom was killed in a horse & buggy accident on the honeymoon. She returned home, placed the dress in a chest and it’s been there ever since, until the home was finally emptied for an auction sale of all the contents over a hundred years later.” –vinteageaffairedamour, August 16, 2010.
Emily Spivack: Sentimental Value. A web-based art project. Spivack has recognized a new vernacular mode of expression emerging in the personal narratives accompanying clothing for sale on eBay, which has unintentionally become a repository of surprisingly personal anecdotes and memories. Spivack has been collecting and documenting these stories in all their raw honesty on the Sentimental Value website (sentimental-value.com), and acquiring the objects in the process.
Philadelphia Art Alliance, May 17, 2013 to August 18, 2013. Photographed July 28, 2013.
Karachi Mayor, Mustafa Kamal, quick to the scene of mayhem, is seem here consoling a hapless, grieved soul. The trader had asked Mustafa "what would become of us now?". Mustafa patted his back and responded "have faith, my friend, have courage". I teared for him.
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Karachi Mayor, Mustafa Kamal, quick to the scene of mayhem, is seem here consoling a hapless, grieved soul. The trader had asked Mustafa "what would become of us now?". Mustafa patted his back and responded "have faith, my friend, have courage". I teared for him.
Late home of the "fluffy pink shit" reviled by generations of hapless student diners. University of Alaska Fairbanks.
for the Adium message boards. :) I'm using the Grass theme, but instead of the enclosed font Silkscreen, I'm using Didot.
(The hapless guinea pig is my co-worker and partner-in-crime from when I worked Sales Dept. instead of Billing, and he needs a Flickr account, so sayeth I.)
High above me to the left were two bald eagles, the one shown here and another, lower down in the adjacent evergreen tree; straight ahead and slightly below me was a tree with at least one juvenile raven (calling distinctly as they do) that was shortly joined by an adult. Although I could not hear the ensuing raven conversation, it went something like this: "Hey kid, wanna go have some fun? Let's harass those bald eagles up there! Follow me!"
The eagle in the other tree departed post-haste, but this eagle, clearly visible to me (but a little too far for very clear shots) stood its ground while these two, the adult and fledgling ravens, dive-bombed and swooped and screamed at the hapless eagle that had only been minding its own business.
On the shore of Yellowstone Lake.
A stone depicting the fate of twenty year old Ann Morgan who died of a snake bite in 1835. She is depicted asleep against an urn, the repository of the soul; above her an oak tree with acorns which could represent hospitality, stability, power or victory; or perhaps she was bitten under an oak tree? The offending snake is seen slithering up towards its hapless victim, doubtless calling the serpent of the Garden of Eden to mind. The stone is double panelled, popular in the 18th and early 19th Centuries. Unfortunately, lichen obscures the doubtless interesting epitaph.
St Tysoi's is believed to date from the 14th Century, but much of the fabric of the building dates from the 15th Century; the tower is 17th Century. The font, stalls and pulpit are 19th Century. There is an interesting marker in the graveyard for a young woman who died from a snake bite.
The story
A long, long time ago- the world was torn apart by an infernal war between the Devas (celestial beings) and the Asuras (evil forces). Tired of constant attacks from the Asuras, the Devas paid homage to Lord Shiva and asked for his protection. Moved by their plight, Lord Shiva agreed to help the hapless Devas.
Lord Shiva opened the central eye on his forehead, radiating six sparks of fire. At the convergence of these sparks and through a series of celestial transformation, Lord Murugan appeared. He brought forward this powerful divine personality with elements of Himself and yet distinct from Him, powerful and brave enough to defeat the tyrannous Soorapadme - the meanest and most powerful of the Asuras. Armed with a Nyanya Vel (golden spear) presented to him by Lord Shiva, Lord Murugan went into battle with the evil force. A fierce battle ensued. Finally with one fatal stroke, Lord Murugan slayed Soorapadme. The divine converted one portion of the slain enemy into a peacock as his vehicle and the other portion into a cock adorning his banner.
Lord Murugan, the son of Lord Shiva is considered the very manifestation of valour, beauty, youthfulness, vitality, masculinity, valour and the abode of happiness. Thaipusam celebrates the very essence of Lord Murugan and the power of good over evil.
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I'm standing in the doorway to a small prison. A series of skylights along the ceiling provided illumination, as well as a way to drop food to the hapless lot once imprisoned here.
They look like the hapless and not too bright Punkerpan fighting robots from "Junkwaffel," drawn by the late Vaughan Bode' (PBUH), most famous for the comic "Cheech Wizard."
These things go on top of the compressors but I don't know what they do. Valve covers?
This tiger at the Heilongjiang Northeast Tiger Forest Park in Harbin has just finished eating a live chicken. People can purchase live chickens, ducks, pheasant, sheep, or even cattle to feed to the resident tigers and watch them devour the hapless domesticated animals. Untamed World it is not. In the wild, Red Deer and Wild Boar constitute 65-90% of the tiger's diet. (Brian K. Smith photo.)
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Riding the taxi at around midnight can be quite scary with all sorts of hapless things happening, but sometimes, you just have to trust the one you ride in.
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03.03.2002 .
Stop the Pogroms. Ban the VHP. Dismiss the Gujarat CM. .
Events in the country have always had a certain kind of resona.nce in th~s campus. The .re~ction that w_e ~aw on the night of the 28th February 2002 was however, a reaction of an altogether different kmd. The A~VP m 1ts charact~n~1c lumpen ~anner took out a procession in which the most provocative slogans we~e ~houted and wh1ch were a clear InCitement to VIolence an.d revenge against the heinous incident at Godhra. The most objecbona~le slogans hke Khoon ka bad/a khoon se /enge (':f'J.e Will take revenge for death by spilling yet more blood) were shouted and 1t must be noted that as these slogans rent the a1r In the JNU campus the very same sentiments were being enacted in real life in Gujarat at that very moment. What we have on this campus are a band of potential goons and hoodlums whose murderous impulses can be translated into outright violence. It is heartening to note that the secular and progressive voice of the JNU students rose to assert itself in the massive procession that was organized by the JNUSU the following night. The ABVP stands accused of vitiating the peaceful atmosphere and .
communal ~arrnony of the .JNU campus and this was announced to the rest of the country when 'The Hindu' carried a fr t page news 1te?' on the ·~neasy. cal':"' prevailing in the JNU campus (New Delhi, March 2"d 2002). Further, we feel that ~ne ABVP was ta~m~ a frenzied delight 1n the communal carnage taking place in Gujarat. This is evident from the studied silence they have mamtamed for the past two days in which they have not brought out a single pamphlet or condemned th · .
any form. e v1o1ence 1n .
We ha~e.in our mld~t o~ this ca.mpus a potentially destructive force that has already been identified and needs to be weeded out. !his ~~ an or.gamzatlon that IS a part .of the Sangh Parivar. Another affiliate organization of this Parivar, the VHP, has been holdmg th1s nation to the most brutalized ransom by making the most unreasonable, outrightly communal, hi hi condemnable.and ~bsolutely Illegal demand of handmg over the disputed land in Ayodhya to these hoodlums so that ~hey.
can proceed w1th the1r work of temple construction. Y .
The V~P will not see reason ~tall. It will not obey the law of the land .a.nd the BJP; the political wing of the sangh Parivar will see to .it that t~e rule of law IS not upheld. We hav~ seen th.e complicity of the BJP ruled government in Gujarat and at the centre rn en~unng th~t absolute chaos and .destruction prevails and bands of riotous marauders ruin the state bringing death and destruction that .'s targeted a~ the Muslims, even as the most Important organ of the state, the police looked on. This is clear-cut state terron~m and o~e IS forced to u~derstand the reason why the state introduced the draconian POTO. It is clear that the g~~ernment s. not senous about fightmg terrorism, rather it seeks to exonerate itself by shifting the blame to poor hapless, c1t1zens ~spe~1~lly of. the mi~orit~ com.munity. It is high time that the students of JNU, an institution that is an important component of Indian c1v11 soc1ety, ra1ses m u.mson the ~emand for banning the VHP. It should ~e as clear as daylight to one and all that the VHP, supported by the state, IS responsible for the kind of anarchy that the country has been witnessing for the past few days. The BJP's pussy-footedness in dealing with the situation, seen in its clear cut prevarication in taking any harsh definite and punitive actl~n against those responsible for the Godhra and the subsequent pogroms attests to the fact that th~ BJP in the aftermath of Its resounding el~ctoral defeat is. trying to desperately retrieve a lost situation. The timing of these pogroms and the state support that the noters have rece1ved needs to be seen in a political context in which the BJP has suffered severe electo~al reverses. This. context, in combination with one of the worst budgets, a budget that will hit the middle classes the hardest, Will only serve to alienate this political base. It was the communalization of this base and the cynical use of the Hindutva issue which brought the BJP to power. It Is their desperation to keep this social base intact that forces them to rake up the Ayodhya issue once again so that it offsets the failure on the economic front thereby whipping up a communal frenzy which can only mean deflecting attention away from the BJP's non-performance. We are concerned by the fact that Narendra Modi, even four days after the outbreak of the pogroms, continues to make outrageous statements that rationalize the unforgivable incidents in Gujarat by taking recourse to Newton's third law. However, no political party has clearly demanded the dismissal of the Modi government. Mr. Modi cannot shift the blame of the Godhra incident onto the local Muslims, the Identity of the perpetrators is anyway still not clear. We demand the Immediate identification of those responsible and their punlhment without making the Muslim community as a whole the scapegoat. Further, Mr. Modi cannot deny the fact that it was a failure of his own administration that resulted in the Godhra incident. We need to remind him that his administration did not take the necessary steps to ensure peace when the communal temperature was already very high. The fact that his government was actively involved in ferrying kar sevaks back and forth .
from Ayodhya makes him doubly responsible. The subsequent incidents in Gujarat cast him in an even more malicious light. .
His government has actually aided and abetted the rioters in Gujarat. We assert that the opposition parties (including the Left) .
which have till now not put forward any concrete demands, must make at least the following: (1 )The dismissal of the Modi .
government for (a) the government's active Involvement in raising the communal temperature by receiving and .
sending the kar sewaks (b) the Godhra Incident and (c) the post-Godhra Incidents In which he sided with the rioters, .
(2) the banning of the VHP and the arrest of Its top leadership. It is shameful that after all these. i~cidents the government continues to engage these fanatic hoodlums in negotiations, that too, for the temple and not for conta1mng the Violence. We are completely at a loss to understand at to why the present JNUSU, which has a massive pro-left mandate, has not even demanded the banning of the VHP. It has also done absolutely nothing about the provocative slogans raised by the ABVP, which merits at least a proctorial complaint. .
Sd/-Robert, Suresh1 Arshad, Ravindra, Amir, Tabir .
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Eastbound autorack train is awaiting it's crew to bring a new set of power from Brunswick yard during the afternoon rush hour. The train's engines died at Metropolitan Grove station near Gaithersburg, MD. unfortunately blocking the station platform and the way across for the hapless commuters who had to walk around the head end. Some actually climbed over the drawheads between the cars just to get to the parking lot! March 16, 2010.
During summer Saturdays , Sundays and Bank Holidays, just about anything could be pressed into dervice. Witness this 1938 Bristol K55, rebodied in 1950 by ECW of York- West Yorkshire being pressed into service working the 43 to Leeds.
Pity its hapless driver 31mph all the way to Leeds.
Regretably this was a snatched photo, taken in great haste, so there is a bit of camera shake present, from that you can deduce I had yet to discover sex. I've been trying to make up for that lost grouind ever since ;-)
This poor little thing really is the ugly duckling of the crop. Never would it have passed any quality standards test. And yet, it flaws seemed almost endearing to me.
Other shots of this hapless specimen:
www.flickr.com/photos/olivcris/4443790875/
www.flickr.com/photos/olivcris/4444561860/
This high viaduct provides good views on both sides. Built about 140 years ago the viaduct has 12 enormous arches each spanning 50'
15/08/2012. The viaduct has been the scene of many suicides over the years and has the unenviable distinction of being the most frequent suicide site in England after Beachy Head. When I passed by it was sad to see that the Samaritan's notice had been defaced. Plans are now afoot to install a protecting railing. The hapless farmer whose land lies below the viaduct has been dealing with the consequences of several suicides per annum. How can we conceive the depths of despair that impel people to take there own lives?
The story
A long, long time ago- the world was torn apart by an infernal war between the Devas (celestial beings) and the Asuras (evil forces). Tired of constant attacks from the Asuras, the Devas paid homage to Lord Shiva and asked for his protection. Moved by their plight, Lord Shiva agreed to help the hapless Devas.
Lord Shiva opened the central eye on his forehead, radiating six sparks of fire. At the convergence of these sparks and through a series of celestial transformation, Lord Murugan appeared. He brought forward this powerful divine personality with elements of Himself and yet distinct from Him, powerful and brave enough to defeat the tyrannous Soorapadme - the meanest and most powerful of the Asuras. Armed with a Nyanya Vel (golden spear) presented to him by Lord Shiva, Lord Murugan went into battle with the evil force. A fierce battle ensued. Finally with one fatal stroke, Lord Murugan slayed Soorapadme. The divine converted one portion of the slain enemy into a peacock as his vehicle and the other portion into a cock adorning his banner.
Lord Murugan, the son of Lord Shiva is considered the very manifestation of valour, beauty, youthfulness, vitality, masculinity, valour and the abode of happiness. Thaipusam celebrates the very essence of Lord Murugan and the power of good over evil.
Info taken from
At Gardner Lake in Connecticut, three helpful souls put-put toward the sunset, arriving just in time to save the picture. The hapless photographer, who thought he had a nice sunset shot before they entered the picture, never even thanked them for their fortuitous arrival.
Experience the inspiring power of motivational Guru, Duggie Sparks. Harnessing the energy from his best-selling book, "Spark It Up!" he has propelled thousands to surf their own Tsunami and mount their own momentum. Open your heart, let your soul be challenged, and turn your hapless tears into coins of gold. Are you ready to spark it up? Duggie says You Are.
Watch this video on Vimeo. Video created by Shawn Goldberg.
This live show features trained animals that are used in movies and television. The last third of the show is a coreographed "off-script" routine where the animals run amok and wreak havoc on the hapless trainers.
Nice coot struggles for air as mean coot turns away from the referee in a premeditated attempt to finish off our hapless hero with an illegal wing-smother. The crowd goes wild.
Walking down the aisle at the Australian premiere will be director Stephan Elliott and the film's stellar cast, including Olivia Newton-John, Rebel Wilson, Kris Marshall, Kevin Bishop, Rebel Wilson, Xavier Samuel and Tim Draxl.
Directed by Stephan Elliott
Starring Xavier Samuel, Kris Marshall, Kevin Marshall, Olivia Newton-John
When English lad David announces he is getting married to an Australian, his hapless mates give a whole new meaning to the phrase 'for better or worse'! The chaotic wedding day tests their new marriage, challenges David's relationships with his three best men, and risks turning what should be the best day of their lives into the worst. A Few Best Men is a hilarious culture clash between his friends and her family - because blood is thicker than water, and so are David's mates!
Event Cinemas Bondi Junction, 500 Oxford Street, Bondi Junction
Websites
A Few Best Men official website
Icon Film Distribution
Event Cinemas
Nix Co
Eva Rinaldi Photography Flickr
www.flickr.com/evarinaldiphotography
Eva Rinaldi Photography
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scooter's 2nd camping trip.. to port townsend
i love his expression in the last panel (see the large size) -- after thoroughly dispatching some hapless inanimate object, he looks like he's thinking "anyone else want a piece of this?"
Synopsis
Kouta has girl troubles of the supernatural sort. For some reason, he keeps attracting the attention (and affections) of animal spirits!
Having spent most of his life in the country, Kouta is understandably nervous when he moves in with his grandma to attend a high school in the big city. He hoped to make a good impression, but having Chizuru, a beautiful fox spirit, hanging off his arm didn't seem to be the sort of image he wanted to have. She's not alone in her love for Kouta, either. Nozomu, a wolf spirit, as well as other youkai have their sights set on the hapless country boy
How do download the anime series? animesub.in/kanokon/
Walking down the aisle at the Australian premiere will be director Stephan Elliott and the film's stellar cast, including Olivia Newton-John, Rebel Wilson, Kris Marshall, Kevin Bishop, Rebel Wilson, Xavier Samuel and Tim Draxl.
Directed by Stephan Elliott
Starring Xavier Samuel, Kris Marshall, Kevin Marshall, Olivia Newton-John
When English lad David announces he is getting married to an Australian, his hapless mates give a whole new meaning to the phrase 'for better or worse'! The chaotic wedding day tests their new marriage, challenges David's relationships with his three best men, and risks turning what should be the best day of their lives into the worst. A Few Best Men is a hilarious culture clash between his friends and her family - because blood is thicker than water, and so are David's mates!
Event Cinemas Bondi Junction, 500 Oxford Street, Bondi Junction
Websites
A Few Best Men official website
Icon Film Distribution
Event Cinemas
Nix Co
Eva Rinaldi Photography Flickr
www.flickr.com/evarinaldiphotography
Eva Rinaldi Photography
Splash News
First roll of film of the past 3 years.
Developed in a claustrophobic, panicked rush.
Scanned in a strange hapless state, so please, ignore the trash.
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DARK SKY
Sunday 16 and Monday 17 July, 7.30pm, £8/£5.
Tribeca, 50 Sackville Street, Manchester M1 3WF.
The Dark Sky animal rights group are planning an audacious strike against the Sutton Life Sciences laboratory.
But is everyone really who they appear to be? Who can you trust? Are they dangerous or just a hapless group of amateurs?
Presented by Talking Stock Productions, winners of Best New Writing for Le Grand Return at the Greater Manchester Fringe Awards 2015. Other hit shows include Godfrey’s Last Stand and The Last Memory.
Inspired by a real life story, Dark Sky is a black comedy with more than a twist or two.
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Today's word is hapless, which comes from Old Norse happ (good luck) + less, from Old English laes (without). Earliest documented use: 1400.
Learn more at: wordsmith.org/words/hapless.html