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A protest called by Uni Students For Climate Justice in Melbourne, forming part of a COP26 Global Day of Action against climate inaction.
Three trains run each way on the Northern section of the Cumbrian Coast line on a Sunday. Not much on the roads either! Workington's railway station is the second one to occupy the site. The first one was built at the opening of the original line and replaced by the LNWR who took over the Furness Junction and Workington & Cockermouth lines in 1866. The station in its present form was first known as Workington LNWR and at the grouping it was renamed Workington Main. Since the end of steam the station has simply been referred to as 'Workington' railway station.
The building itself was built with yellow Crewe bricks There was also a twelve road engine shed, wagon repair shops, a coaling stage, a goods shed and a stable block, all built with local sandstone. It goes without saying that all this is no more, although the engine shed was recently dismantled and transported to the Great Central Railway at Loughborough where it will be re-erected.
I took quite a few pictures during a session yesterday. The best part of the music he was playing. It's quite an experience making pictures while listening to real music.
I love making low key images. This is an attempt to create a backlit image and at the same time keeping it low key.
Strobist Info: Same setup as my previous shot. The only difference is I increased the power on the SB-600 behind him.
With the new cruciform, cables and fine tuning I had to take a nice long ride off into the sunset.
I love my scooter! 1971 GTR with a 1979 P200E engine I put in. It's soo nice to have a 37 year old scoot that rides better that the day it was born. It is beaten and battered and if it could speak I wonder about the stories it could tell.
It was purchased in Italy where it was shipped to the US some years back. I traded a 1963 SS Nova convertible plus some cash for it. It's my bitch, my love, my teacher and all that represents me. Till death do us part.
Restoration of this scoot you might ask??? Nah. I'll replace some small parts here and there but I appreciate her for what she is!
Some pictures of a blazing barge carrying wrecked cars. The Victoria BC FireStorm 30 did a great job.
The smoke could be seen from far away, bad smoke, gas tanks exploding, it was quite a scene.
Vancouver, BC / Canada – October 25, 2019: Canadian environmental activist and television host Severn Cullis-Suzuki, joins in solidarity with Greta Thunberg to protest Canada’s inaction on global climate change.
These shots were taken in collaboration with Ian Macdonald-Smith, check out his amazing works: www.imacsmith.com
This is a totally inaction figure of Imhotep known as “The Mummy” with heavy – I mean real heavy! – Sarcophagus by Diamond Select. The figure is 7.8 inches tall. Although the figure does not have any point of articulation, the presence is just great and highly movie accurate.
Vancouver, BC / Canada – October 25, 2019: Speakers from Canadian First Nations tribal leadership join in solidarity with Greta Thunberg to protest Canada’s inaction on global climate change.
A protest called by Uni Students For Climate Justice in Melbourne, forming part of a COP26 Global Day of Action against climate inaction.
Continued inaction on climate change is impacting communities and ecosystems across the north. One of these affected communities is Santa's workshop.
"I just don't know what to do" said Santa, "the ice is breaking up, the reindeer (caribou) can't find food, and the elves are absolutely distraught."
Members of the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition helped Santa, his elves, the caribou and the polar bears reach the federal government by setting up a homeless shelter outside Environment Minister Rona Ambrose's constituency
office.
Opening reception and performance (at 5pm) for Inaction, a new sculptural and performance-based installation by Brendan Fernandes.
Photography by Rich Marinelli
So I am just putting this here because I obviously need to put on my big girl panties and be accountable for actions, or maybe more accurately my inactions?
I have several projects that I have started and not finished, and they really need to be finished. I hate craft guilt.
So I am laying all out here for every one to read maybe it will give me a boot in the ass and get me working on things that I have been outting off.
* #1 on my list: I REALLY really need to finish up the blocks for my very patient bee block partners. I am disgustingly over do especially considering that my month was the 1st month and they all got theirs to me in a timely fashion.
*Harry Potter Swap that I am doing with one of my best buddies Jeni! (this is pretty lax though)
*Finish up this ukulele bag. Just need to attach the back and bind the edges.
*Get this queen size quilt quilted and bound for my awesome friend Carrie.
*finish up this nightmare Galaga quilt for my husband that has been sitting in the naughty pile for over a year now.
So there you have it. Not a very big list but they are pretty big projects, I think.
Time to buckle down and get it done, Amanda!! ok done now. :)
À 16 ans tel un indéchirable convenant d'autrefois il dépliait en lui gros béguin pour Yves Tanguy, Arshile Gorky et Roberto Matta (ses couleurs fluorées, qui entraient comme dans du Bosch au cœur de ses toiles lyrico-hipster-abstraites recousues à vif depuis les huiles sur moelle anciennes de Max Ernst, le fascinaient, il se serait volontiers suicidé pour renaître dans la peau de l'un de ses fils).
il put s'en détacher vite, en partie après que M. Mitterrand eut renvoyé le peintre chilien, compagnon de propagande et de pressing,du Parti, à ses chères étuves de l'autre côté de l'encadrement de fer soviétique flagrant facteur de repassage en boucle au-dessus de nos têtes des missiles SS20 et éleveur clandestin de pacifistes undercover en batterie.
Opfer d'aubaine.
Dans la précipitation il réorientait une déjà vieille passion vers Daumier, Balthus, Moebius, le second Chirico, Freud et Bacon.
Ça, c'est une relique des Polaroïds (appareil piqué à sa petite sœur) qu'il prenait d'un dessin de l'époque sur le tirage duquel il repassait un affreux Bic noir, en plein sur les contours pour défixer (lire ranimer) l'anecdote, avant de le coller sur une feuille A4 pour développer une espèce d'effet de trinquette derrière le baveux d'un écran-rideau, de genre Noren, comme cela est recommandé dans les meilleurs ateliers du Japon.
Puis il scannait l'épreuve par la fente d'une antique copieuse Canon cédée gracieusement par sa mère pour la placer sous l'objectif de la caméra automate à nouveau, l'effet voilé brumeux au point d'évanouissement enfin presque trouvé.
A frozen statement on global climate change and inaction by the public and the Canadian government, while participating in the 2009 Polar Bear Swim in Vancouver, BC, Canada. What better time to raise the issue of the imminent threat facing Polar Bears (and the other environmental and societal impacts of climate change) than at the Polar Bear Swim?
For the longest time, this cemetary didn't have a sign. Minolta XG-1, which froze into inaction 3 shots later.
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
Democratic Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra (D-CA)
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Co-Chair, House Democratic Steering & Policy Committee
Congressman Dan Kildee (D-MI)
Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
Power of Prayer
This devotional service is a sort of cultivation. It is not simply inaction for people who like to be inactive or devote their time to silent meditation. There are many different methods for people who want this, but cultivation of Krishna consciousness is different. The particular word used by Srila Rupa Gosvami in this connection is anusilana or cultivation by following the predecessor teachers (acaryas). As soon as we say "cultivation," we must refer to activity. Without activity, consciousness alone cannot help us. All activities may be divided into two classes: one class may be for achieving a certain goal, and the other may be for avoiding some unfavorable circumstance. In Sanskrit, these activities are called pravriti and nirvriti-positive and negative action. There are many examples of negative action. For instance, a diseased person has to be cautious and take medicine in order to avoid some unfavorable illness.
Those who are cultivating spiritual life and executing devotional service are always engaged in activity. Such activity can be performed with the body or with the mind. Thinking, feeling and willing are all activities of the mind, and when we will to do something, the activity comes to be manifest by the gross bodily senses. Thus, in our mental activities we should always try to think of Krishna and try to plan how to please Him, following in the footsteps of the great acaryas and the personal spiritual master. There are activities of the body, activities of the mind and activities of speech. A Krishna conscious person engages his words in preaching the glories of the Lord. This is called kirtana. And by his mind a Krishna conscious person always thinks of the activities of the Lord-as He is speaking on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra or engaging in His various pastimes in Vrindavana with His devotees. In this way one can always think of the activities and pastimes of the Lord. This is the mental culture of Krishna consciousness.
Similarly, we can offer many services with our bodily activities. But all such activities must be in relationship with Krishna. This relationship is established by connecting oneself with the bona fide spiritual master, who is the direct representative of Krishna in disciplic succession. Therefore, the execution of Krishna conscious activities with the body should be directed by the spiritual master and then performed with faith. The connection with the spiritual master is called initiation. From the date of initiation by the spiritual master, the connection between Krishna and a person cultivating Krishna consciousness is established. Without initiation by a bona fide spiritual master, the actual connection with Krishna consciousness is never performed.
This cultivation of Krishna consciousness is not material. The Lord has three general energies-namely the external energy, the internal energy and the marginal energy. The living entities are called marginal energy, and the material cosmic manifestation is the action of the external, or material, energy. Then there is the spiritual world, which is a manifestation of the internal energy. The living entities, who are called marginal energy, perform material activities when acting under the inferior, external energy. And when they engage in activities under the internal, spiritual energy, their activities are called Krishna conscious. This means that those who are great souls or great devotees do not act under the spell of material energy, but act instead under the protection of the spiritual energy. Any activities done in devotional service, or in Krishna consciousness, are directly under the control of spiritual energy. In other words, energy is a sort of strength, and this strength can be spiritualized by the mercy of both the bona fide spiritual master and Krishna.
In the Caitanya-caritämåta, by Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, Lord Caitanya states that it is a fortunate person who comes in contact with a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of Krishna. One who is serious about spiritual life is given by Krishna the intelligence to come in contact with a bona fide spiritual master, and then by the grace of the spiritual master one becomes advanced in Krishna consciousness. In this way the whole jurisdiction of Krishna consciousness is directly under the spiritual energy-Krishna and the spiritual master. This has nothing to do with the material world. When we speak of "Krishna" we refer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, along with His many expansions. He is expanded by His plenary parts and parcels, His differentiated parts and parcels and His different energies. "Krishna," in other words, means everything and includes everything. Generally, however, we should understand "Krishna" to mean Krishna and His personal expansions. Krishna expands Himself as Baladeva, Sankarsana, Vasudeva, Aniruddha, Pradyumna, Rama, Nrsimha and Varaha, as well as many other incarnations and innumerable Visnu expansions. These are described in the Srimad-Bhagavatam to be as numerous as the uncountable waves. So Krishna includes all such expansions, as well as His pure devotees. In the Brahma-samhita it is stated that Krishna's expansions are all complete in eternity, blissfulness and cognizance.
Devotional service means to prosecute Krishna conscious activities which are favorable to the transcendental pleasure of the Supreme Lord, Krishna, and any activities which are not favorable to the transcendental favor of the Lord cannot be accepted as devotional service. For example, great demons like Ravana, Kamsa and Hiranyakasipu were always thinking of Krishna, but they were thinking of Him as their enemy. This sort of thinking cannot be accepted as bhakti, or Krishna consciousness.
The impersonalists sometimes misunderstand devotional service in such a way that they divide Krishna from His paraphernalia and pastimes. For example, the Bhagavad-gita is spoken on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra, and the impersonalists say that although Krishna is of interest, the Battlefield of Kuruksetra isn't. The devotees, however, also know that the Battlefield of Kuruksetra by itself has nothing to do with their business, but in addition they know that "Krishna" does not mean just Krishna alone. He is always with His associates and paraphernalia. For instance, if someone says, "Give something to eat to the man with the weapons," the eating process is done by the man and not by the weapons. Similarly, in Krishna consciousness, a devotee may be interested in the paraphernalia and locations-such as the Battlefield of Kuruksetra-which are associated with Krishna, but he is not concerned with simply any battlefield. He is concerned with Krishna-His speech, His instructions, etc. It is because Krishna is there that the battlefield is so important.
This is the summary understanding of what Krishna consciousness is. Without this understanding one is sure to misunderstand why the devotees are interested in the Battlefield of Kuruksetra. One who is interested in Krishna becomes interested in His different pastimes and activities.
The definition of a pure devotee, as given by Rupa Gosvami in Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu, can be summarized thus: his service is favorable and is always in relation to Krishna. In order to keep the purity of such Krishna conscious activities, one must be freed from all material desires and philosophical speculation. Any desire except for the service of the Lord is called material desire. And "philosophical speculation" refers to the sort of speculation which ultimately arrives at a conclusion of voidism or impersonalism. This conclusion is useless for a Krishna conscious person. Only rarely by philosophical speculation can one reach the conclusion of worshiping Vasudeva, Krishna. This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita itself. The ultimate end of philosophical speculation, then, must be Krishna, with the understanding that Krishna is everything, the cause of all causes, and that one should therefore surrender unto Him. If this ultimate goal is reached, then philosophical advancement is favorable, but if the conclusion of philosophical speculation is voidism or impersonalism, that is not bhakti.
Karma, or fruitive activities, are sometimes understood to be ritualistic activities. There are many persons who are very much attracted by the ritualistic activities described in the Vedas. But if one becomes attracted simply to ritualistic activities without understanding Krishna, his activities are unfavorable to Krishna consciousness. Actually, Krishna consciousness can be based simply on hearing, chanting, remembering, etc. Described in the Srimad-Bhagavatam are nine different processes, besides which everything done is unfavorable to Krishna consciousness. Thus, one should always be guarding against falldowns.
Srila Rupa Gosvami has also mentioned in this definition of bhakti the word jnana-karmadi. This karmadi (fruitive work) consists of activities which are unable to help one attain to pure devotional service. Many forms of so-called renunciation are also not favorable to Krishna conscious devotional service.
Srila Rupa Gosvami has also quoted a definition from the Narada-pancaratra, as follows: "One should be free from all material designations and, by Krishna consciousness, must be cleansed of all material contamination. He should be restored to his pure identity, in which he engages his senses in the service of the proprietor of the senses." So when our senses are engaged for the actual proprietor of the senses, that is called devotional service. In our conditional state, our senses are engaged in serving these bodily demands. When the same senses are engaged in executing the order of Krishna, our activities are called bhakti.
As long as one identifies himself as belonging to a certain family, a certain society or a certain person, he is said to be covered with designations. When one is fully aware that he does not belong to any family, society or country, but is eternally related to Krishna, he then realizes that his energy should be employed not in the interests of so-called family, society or country, but in the interests of Krishna. This is purity of purpose and the platform of pure devotional service in Krishna consciousness.
~ Excerpt from Introduction to Nectar of Devotion © Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
“Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation ... even so does inaction sap the vigour of the mind.”
Leonardo da Vinci
Taken on 11/10/07 in Broad Run, VA ....
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A theatrical protest in Melbourne against the government and corporate inaction on the climate crisis. Part of Day 4 of Extinction Rebellion's Autumn Rebellion.
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