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11 February 2013 - Civil society and media watchdog organizations urged the Government of Afghanistan today to immediately send the draft Access to Information Law to the parliament for approval in order to ensure “accountability, transparency and good governance” in the Government’s programmes and activities.
Participants at a one-day seminar in Kabul expressed their dismay at the fact that the draft Access to Information Law has been gathering dust for the last one year at the Department of Legislation (Ministry of Justice) despite consistent advocacy by media and civil society organizations.
The seminar was jointly organized by Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA), Nai – Supporting Afghanistan Open Media and Afghanistan Justice Organization (AJO) with the participation of Government officials, parliamentarians and media and civil society representatives to discuss the draft law.
The Director of Media Watch at Nai-Supporting Afghanistan Open Media, Sediqullah Tauhidi said that a broad range of information had been kept secret in Afghanistan, thereby keeping the media from playing its noble role.
“Access to Information Law is not only imperative for the development of Government and public services but it is the most important tool for the progress of the media and the civil society, which in turn leads to the overall progress of the Afghan society,” said Mr. Tauhidi.
Sharing the views of Mr. Tauhidi, the Director of IWA, Yama Turabi, said that lack of access to information by citizens had caused weak public oversight, creating breeding ground for corruption.
“Corruption can be eradicated from the society when the activities of public institutions are carried out under public oversight; therefore, access to information is a key to public oversight over public institutions," said Mr. Turabi.
A representative of a civil society umbrella organization, Wazir Ahmed Khurrami, told the participants of the seminar that the existing draft Access to Information Law was prepared after extensive consultations with experts, parliamentarians, media and civil society organizations in four zones of the country including Bamyan, Mazar, Kandahar and Nangarhar.
He said that a joint committee of civil society and Ministry of Information and Culture later prepared the draft law which was presented to the High Council of Media in Afghanistan and after their consideration and approval, the draft was sent to the Ministry of Justice.
“This is the first ever law of Afghanistan which has been prepared by the people through a bottom-up process,” said Mr. Khurrami.
The representative of the Legislative Department of Ministry of Justice, Dr. Hairawi told the seminar participants that the law was currently under review at the Executive Committee and after their approval it would be made public soliciting expert views and comments on its contents.
“Currently the draft law is among the priorities of the Ministry of Justice,” said Dr. Hairawi.
A member of Wolesi Jirga (Lower House), Sayed Hussain Alimi Balkhi, lauded the efforts of civil society for preparation of the draft law. However, he said that the draft law had a plethora of weaknesses. He said there was a need to make 60 to 70 per cent amendments in the draft law.
Mr. Balkhi suggested that a committee comprising experts on legal affairs and civil society organizations should be set up to fundamentally review the draft law and make necessary amendments.
The Article 50 of the Afghan Constitution has a clear provision for Access to Information Law. “The citizens of Afghanistan shall have the right of access to information from state departments in accordance with the provisions of the law. This right shall have no limit except when harming rights of others as well as public security,” says the Article of the Constitution.
Article 34 says the freedom of expression shall be inviolable.
By UNAMA Kabul
Written By: TilakPokharel
Photo: UNAMA / Fardin Waezi
This headland of Vietnam is part of Ngoc Hien district, some 118km by river from Ca Mau City. Ca Mau Cape is the inviolable landmark that is very distant but so close to the Vietnamese people's hearts.
DEAR HAPPY EID Eid al-Adha is an Islamic festival to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim also knownThu, Sep 24, 2015, Eid-al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) Arafat, 09 Dhu-AlHijjah,1436 , 23 September,2015 www.dailytimes.com.pk/…/ghilaf-e-kaaba-changing-cere… www.dailymotion.com/…/Changing+-Ghilaf-e-Kaaba-+in…/1 www.spa.gov.sa/English/ocassion.php?cid=139&id=171 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al-Adha بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ (1:1)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace وَأَتِمُّواْ الْحَجَّ وَالْعُمْرَةَ لِلّهِ فَإِنْ أُحْصِرْتُمْ فَمَا اسْتَيْسَرَ مِنَ الْهَدْيِ وَلاَ تَحْلِقُواْ رُؤُوسَكُمْ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْهَدْيُ مَحِلَّهُ فَمَن كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِيضاً أَوْ بِهِ أَذًى مِّن رَّأْسِهِ فَفِدْيَةٌ مِّن صِيَامٍ أَوْ صَدَقَةٍ أَوْ نُسُكٍ فَإِذَا أَمِنتُمْ فَمَن تَمَتَّعَ بِالْعُمْرَةِ إِلَى الْحَجِّ فَمَا اسْتَيْسَرَ مِنَ الْهَدْيِ فَمَن لَّمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فِي الْحَجِّ وَسَبْعَةٍ إِذَا رَجَعْتُمْ تِلْكَ عَشَرَةٌ كَامِلَةٌ ذَلِكَ لِمَن لَّمْ يَكُنْ أَهْلُهُ حَاضِرِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَاتَّقُواْ اللّهَ وَاعْلَمُواْ أَنَّ اللّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ (2:196)
AND PERFORM the pilgrimage and the pious visit [to Mecca ] [174] in honour of God; and if you are held back, give instead whatever offering you can easily afford. And do not shave your heads until the offering has been sacrificed; [175] but he from among you who is ill or suffers from an ailment of the head shall redeem himself by fasting, or alms, or [any other] act of worship. And if you are hale and secure, [176] then he who takes advantage of a pious visit before the [time of] pilgrimage shall give whatever offering he can easily afford; [177] whereas he who cannot afford it shall fast for three days during the pilgrimage and for seven days after your return: that is, ten full [days]. All this relates to him who does not live near the Inviolable House of Worship. [178] And remain conscious of God, and know that God is severe in retribution. [179] - 2:196 (Asad)
Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:197
الْحَجُّ أَشْهُرٌ مَّعْلُومَاتٌ فَمَن فَرَضَ فِيهِنَّ الْحَجَّ فَلاَ رَفَثَ وَلاَ فُسُوقَ وَلاَ جِدَالَ فِي الْحَجِّ وَمَا تَفْعَلُواْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ يَعْلَمْهُ اللّهُ وَتَزَوَّدُواْ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الزَّادِ التَّقْوَى وَاتَّقُونِ يَا أُوْلِي الأَلْبَابِ (2:197)
The pilgrimage shall take place in the months appointed for it. [180] And whoever undertakes the pilgrimage in those [months] shall, while on pilgrimage, abstain from lewd speech, from all wicked conduct, and from quarrelling; and whatever good you may do, God is aware of it. And make provision for yourselves - but, verily, the best of all provisions is God-consciousness: remain, then, conscious of Me, O you who are endowed with insight! - 2:197 (Asad)
Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:198
لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَبْتَغُواْ فَضْلاً مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ فَإِذَا أَفَضْتُم مِّنْ عَرَفَاتٍ فَاذْكُرُواْ اللّهَ عِندَ الْمَشْعَرِ الْحَرَامِ وَاذْكُرُوهُ كَمَا هَدَاكُمْ وَإِن كُنتُم مِّن قَبْلِهِ لَمِنَ الضَّآلِّينَ (2:198)
[However,] you will be committing no sin if [during the pilgrimage] you seek to obtain any bounty from your Sustainer. [181] And when you surge downward in multitudes from `Arafat, [182] remember God at the holy place, and remember Him as the One who guided you after you had indeed been lost on your way; [183] - 2:198 (Asad)
Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:199
ثُمَّ أَفِيضُواْ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَفَاضَ النَّاسُ وَاسْتَغْفِرُواْ اللّهَ إِنَّ اللّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ (2:199)
and surge onward together with the multitude of all the other people who surge onward, [184] and ask God to forgive you your sins: for, verily, God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace وَنَادَيْنَاهُ أَنْ يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ (37:104)
We called out to him: “O Abraham, - 37:104 (Asad)
As-Saffat (The Rangers) - 37:105
قَدْ صَدَّقْتَ الرُّؤْيَا إِنَّا كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ (37:105)
thou hast already fulfilled [the purpose of] that dream- vision!” [41] Thus, verily, do We reward the doers of good: - 37:105 (Asad)
As-Saffat (The Rangers) - 37:106
إِنَّ هَذَا لَهُوَ الْبَلَاء الْمُبِينُ (37:106)
for, behold, all this was indeed a trial, clear in itself. [42] - 37:106 (Asad)
As-Saffat (The Rangers) - 37:107
وَفَدَيْنَاهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍ (37:107)
And We ransomed him with a tremendous sacrifice, [43] - 37:107 (Asad)
As-Saffat (The Rangers) - 37:108
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي الْآخِرِينَ (37:108)
and left him thus to be remembered among later generations: [44] - 37:108 (Asad)
As-Saffat (The Rangers) - 37:109
سَلَامٌ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ (37:109)
“Peace be upon Abraham!” - 37:109 (Asad)
As-Saffat (The Rangers) - 37:110
كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ (37:110)
Thus do We reward the doers of good – - 37:110 (Asad)
As-Saffat (The Rangers) - 37:111
إِنَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (37:111)
for he was truly one of our believing servants
11 February 2013 - Civil society and media watchdog organizations urged the Government of Afghanistan today to immediately send the draft Access to Information Law to the parliament for approval in order to ensure “accountability, transparency and good governance” in the Government’s programmes and activities.
Participants at a one-day seminar in Kabul expressed their dismay at the fact that the draft Access to Information Law has been gathering dust for the last one year at the Department of Legislation (Ministry of Justice) despite consistent advocacy by media and civil society organizations.
The seminar was jointly organized by Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA), Nai – Supporting Afghanistan Open Media and Afghanistan Justice Organization (AJO) with the participation of Government officials, parliamentarians and media and civil society representatives to discuss the draft law.
The Director of Media Watch at Nai-Supporting Afghanistan Open Media, Sediqullah Tauhidi said that a broad range of information had been kept secret in Afghanistan, thereby keeping the media from playing its noble role.
“Access to Information Law is not only imperative for the development of Government and public services but it is the most important tool for the progress of the media and the civil society, which in turn leads to the overall progress of the Afghan society,” said Mr. Tauhidi.
Sharing the views of Mr. Tauhidi, the Director of IWA, Yama Turabi, said that lack of access to information by citizens had caused weak public oversight, creating breeding ground for corruption.
“Corruption can be eradicated from the society when the activities of public institutions are carried out under public oversight; therefore, access to information is a key to public oversight over public institutions," said Mr. Turabi.
A representative of a civil society umbrella organization, Wazir Ahmed Khurrami, told the participants of the seminar that the existing draft Access to Information Law was prepared after extensive consultations with experts, parliamentarians, media and civil society organizations in four zones of the country including Bamyan, Mazar, Kandahar and Nangarhar.
He said that a joint committee of civil society and Ministry of Information and Culture later prepared the draft law which was presented to the High Council of Media in Afghanistan and after their consideration and approval, the draft was sent to the Ministry of Justice.
“This is the first ever law of Afghanistan which has been prepared by the people through a bottom-up process,” said Mr. Khurrami.
The representative of the Legislative Department of Ministry of Justice, Dr. Hairawi told the seminar participants that the law was currently under review at the Executive Committee and after their approval it would be made public soliciting expert views and comments on its contents.
“Currently the draft law is among the priorities of the Ministry of Justice,” said Dr. Hairawi.
A member of Wolesi Jirga (Lower House), Sayed Hussain Alimi Balkhi, lauded the efforts of civil society for preparation of the draft law. However, he said that the draft law had a plethora of weaknesses. He said there was a need to make 60 to 70 per cent amendments in the draft law.
Mr. Balkhi suggested that a committee comprising experts on legal affairs and civil society organizations should be set up to fundamentally review the draft law and make necessary amendments.
The Article 50 of the Afghan Constitution has a clear provision for Access to Information Law. “The citizens of Afghanistan shall have the right of access to information from state departments in accordance with the provisions of the law. This right shall have no limit except when harming rights of others as well as public security,” says the Article of the Constitution.
Article 34 says the freedom of expression shall be inviolable.
By UNAMA Kabul
Written By: TilakPokharel
Photo: UNAMA / Fardin Waezi
Warren Harding was the first US President to visit Canada while in office, and Vancouverites were thrilled that he chose their city. In July of 1923, 50,000 people gathered in Stanley Park to hear him speak.
A week later Harding and his entourage were in San Francisco, and he died there, of a heart attack. The city was shocked and saddened. The Kiwanis Club—Harding was a Kiwanian—initiated a drive for a grand memorial to him in Stanley Park, at the site where he spoke. The monument was designed by Vancouver sculptor Charles Marega (also a Kiwanian), and unveiled in 1925. (Excerpt (History of Metropolitan Vancouver)
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"What an object lesson of peace is shown today by our two countries to all the world. No grim-faced fortifications mark our frontiers, no huge battleships patrol our dividing waters. No stealthy spies lurk in our tranquil border hamlets. Only a scrap of paper recording hardly more than a simple understanding safeguards lives and properties on the Great Lakes and only humble mile-posts mark the inviolable boundary-line for thousands of miles through farm and forest.
"Our protection is in our fraternity, our armor is our faith. The tie that binds more firmly year by year is ever-increasing acquaintance and comradeship through interchange of citizens and the compact is not of perishable parchment but of fair and honorable dealing which, God grant, shall continue for all time."
11 February 2013 - Civil society and media watchdog organizations urged the Government of Afghanistan today to immediately send the draft Access to Information Law to the parliament for approval in order to ensure “accountability, transparency and good governance” in the Government’s programmes and activities.
Participants at a one-day seminar in Kabul expressed their dismay at the fact that the draft Access to Information Law has been gathering dust for the last one year at the Department of Legislation (Ministry of Justice) despite consistent advocacy by media and civil society organizations.
The seminar was jointly organized by Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA), Nai – Supporting Afghanistan Open Media and Afghanistan Justice Organization (AJO) with the participation of Government officials, parliamentarians and media and civil society representatives to discuss the draft law.
The Director of Media Watch at Nai-Supporting Afghanistan Open Media, Sediqullah Tauhidi said that a broad range of information had been kept secret in Afghanistan, thereby keeping the media from playing its noble role.
“Access to Information Law is not only imperative for the development of Government and public services but it is the most important tool for the progress of the media and the civil society, which in turn leads to the overall progress of the Afghan society,” said Mr. Tauhidi.
Sharing the views of Mr. Tauhidi, the Director of IWA, Yama Turabi, said that lack of access to information by citizens had caused weak public oversight, creating breeding ground for corruption.
“Corruption can be eradicated from the society when the activities of public institutions are carried out under public oversight; therefore, access to information is a key to public oversight over public institutions," said Mr. Turabi.
A representative of a civil society umbrella organization, Wazir Ahmed Khurrami, told the participants of the seminar that the existing draft Access to Information Law was prepared after extensive consultations with experts, parliamentarians, media and civil society organizations in four zones of the country including Bamyan, Mazar, Kandahar and Nangarhar.
He said that a joint committee of civil society and Ministry of Information and Culture later prepared the draft law which was presented to the High Council of Media in Afghanistan and after their consideration and approval, the draft was sent to the Ministry of Justice.
“This is the first ever law of Afghanistan which has been prepared by the people through a bottom-up process,” said Mr. Khurrami.
The representative of the Legislative Department of Ministry of Justice, Dr. Hairawi told the seminar participants that the law was currently under review at the Executive Committee and after their approval it would be made public soliciting expert views and comments on its contents.
“Currently the draft law is among the priorities of the Ministry of Justice,” said Dr. Hairawi.
A member of Wolesi Jirga (Lower House), Sayed Hussain Alimi Balkhi, lauded the efforts of civil society for preparation of the draft law. However, he said that the draft law had a plethora of weaknesses. He said there was a need to make 60 to 70 per cent amendments in the draft law.
Mr. Balkhi suggested that a committee comprising experts on legal affairs and civil society organizations should be set up to fundamentally review the draft law and make necessary amendments.
The Article 50 of the Afghan Constitution has a clear provision for Access to Information Law. “The citizens of Afghanistan shall have the right of access to information from state departments in accordance with the provisions of the law. This right shall have no limit except when harming rights of others as well as public security,” says the Article of the Constitution.
Article 34 says the freedom of expression shall be inviolable.
By UNAMA Kabul
Written By: TilakPokharel
Photo: UNAMA / Fardin Waezi
The Holy Trinity Cathedral
The Holy Trinity Cathedral is the main church of Pskov and Pskov land. It happened before Rus was baptized: Princess Olga standing on the left bank of the Velikaya river pointed at the place illumined by several rays of sunlight. Seeing the miracle, she predicted that the town would become great and that a church of the Holy Trinity would be built on the place where the rays of light met. For many centuries the Kremlin and the Trinity Cathedral became the holy symbols of Pskov and the whole of Pskov land. However, fate and history were not always kind to them.
Today’s Cathedral is the fourth at the same place. According to a legend, the first one was erected on the order of Princess Olga in the 10th century. The Trinity cathedral was rebuilt in stone in the 12th century. Subsequently, the holy relics of its creator, Prince Vsevolod-Gavriil, were placed the church.
The Cathedral, that we have today, was erected in 1682-1699. Several times there were fires in the cathedral and both the interior and exterior of the church were restored. The Cathedral had two floors, the ground floor obviously being the basement of the previous church.
Festive rites and services, baptizing, princes’ enthronement took place in the Trinity Cathedral. The Veche (People’s Assembly) gathered by the Cathedral’s walls, those gatherings often led to brawls, in which the participants could get injuries. The Russian word “uvechje” meaning “injury” is related to the word “Veche” — the name of those people’s assemblies... The cathedral was the place where most important documents were kept. Pskov warriors got blessings here before battles and this was the burial place of the defenders of the town. Two swords were kept in the Cathedral, symbolizing its people’s independence and courage. One of them was the sword of prince Dovmont. “I will never surrender!” — was written it.
The Trinity Cathedral stands on a high cape at the confluence of the Velikaya and the Pskova rivers inside the fortress walls of Pskov Kremlin.
You can see the 78 meters high snow-white Cathedral when you are far away from Pskov. It is the highest building of ancient Pskov. High in the sky glitters in the sun the central dome of the cathedral-the symbol of the Holy Trinity, that was the symbol of Pskov land. The dome’s surface is 300 square meters. 1,310 grams of gold leaf were used to gild it in the second half of the 20th century. Four other domes symbolize Saint Evangelists: St. Mathew, St. Mark, St. Luke, St. John.
There is a lot of light inside the church. Inside the church amazes you with is height and the high iconostasis. The seven-tired, wooden, carved, gilded iconostasis of the Trinity cathedral is one of the most grandiose iconostases of the 17-18th centuries, which have survived to our day. The domes inside are painted with stars and clouds as symbols of heaven.
It’s impossible to imagine Pskov without the Trinity Cathedral. Its silver domes are up in the sky, aspiring to the eternity. A mighty bell tower is standing next to the cathedral. A cross which is called “Olga’s cross” is one of the relics of the Cathedral. It was made in 1623 as a copy of an ancient cross, which, according to a legend was made by order of Princess Olga. This relic burnt in the fire in 1590. There were other relics venerated by Pskov people as well, which were kept in the cathedral. Among them was the sword of Prince Vsevolod-Gavriil. Even Peter the Great, who was a strong person and whose stature was known to be above average, was surprised to see how big this sword was.
Another venerated object in the church is the reliquary containing the holy relics of venerated city saints: Pskov princes Vsevolod-Gavriil and Dovmont-Timofey, venerable martyr Iosaph, the head of Snetogorsky monastery and blessed Nicholas, a Wonderworker. Pskov people especially venerate the miracle-working icon of the Virgin Mary “Chirskaya”. It was brought to the Cathedral in 1420 in the memory of a plague which was stopped after people prayed in front of this icon. Pskov chronicles mention this event.
The Trinity Cathedral is not only our history, it’s our present, it is something inviolable and immortal, that unites different people, different cultures and different epochs…
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The Holy Trinity Cathedral
The Holy Trinity Cathedral is the main church of Pskov and Pskov land. It happened before Rus was baptized: Princess Olga standing on the left bank of the Velikaya river pointed at the place illumined by several rays of sunlight. Seeing the miracle, she predicted that the town would become great and that a church of the Holy Trinity would be built on the place where the rays of light met. For many centuries the Kremlin and the Trinity Cathedral became the holy symbols of Pskov and the whole of Pskov land. However, fate and history were not always kind to them.
Today’s Cathedral is the fourth at the same place. According to a legend, the first one was erected on the order of Princess Olga in the 10th century. The Trinity cathedral was rebuilt in stone in the 12th century. Subsequently, the holy relics of its creator, Prince Vsevolod-Gavriil, were placed the church.
The Cathedral, that we have today, was erected in 1682-1699. Several times there were fires in the cathedral and both the interior and exterior of the church were restored. The Cathedral had two floors, the ground floor obviously being the basement of the previous church.
Festive rites and services, baptizing, princes’ enthronement took place in the Trinity Cathedral. The Veche (People’s Assembly) gathered by the Cathedral’s walls, those gatherings often led to brawls, in which the participants could get injuries. The Russian word “uvechje” meaning “injury” is related to the word “Veche” — the name of those people’s assemblies... The cathedral was the place where most important documents were kept. Pskov warriors got blessings here before battles and this was the burial place of the defenders of the town. Two swords were kept in the Cathedral, symbolizing its people’s independence and courage. One of them was the sword of prince Dovmont. “I will never surrender!” — was written it.
The Trinity Cathedral stands on a high cape at the confluence of the Velikaya and the Pskova rivers inside the fortress walls of Pskov Kremlin.
You can see the 78 meters high snow-white Cathedral when you are far away from Pskov. It is the highest building of ancient Pskov. High in the sky glitters in the sun the central dome of the cathedral-the symbol of the Holy Trinity, that was the symbol of Pskov land. The dome’s surface is 300 square meters. 1,310 grams of gold leaf were used to gild it in the second half of the 20th century. Four other domes symbolize Saint Evangelists: St. Mathew, St. Mark, St. Luke, St. John.
There is a lot of light inside the church. Inside the church amazes you with is height and the high iconostasis. The seven-tired, wooden, carved, gilded iconostasis of the Trinity cathedral is one of the most grandiose iconostases of the 17-18th centuries, which have survived to our day. The domes inside are painted with stars and clouds as symbols of heaven.
It’s impossible to imagine Pskov without the Trinity Cathedral. Its silver domes are up in the sky, aspiring to the eternity. A mighty bell tower is standing next to the cathedral. A cross which is called “Olga’s cross” is one of the relics of the Cathedral. It was made in 1623 as a copy of an ancient cross, which, according to a legend was made by order of Princess Olga. This relic burnt in the fire in 1590. There were other relics venerated by Pskov people as well, which were kept in the cathedral. Among them was the sword of Prince Vsevolod-Gavriil. Even Peter the Great, who was a strong person and whose stature was known to be above average, was surprised to see how big this sword was.
Another venerated object in the church is the reliquary containing the holy relics of venerated city saints: Pskov princes Vsevolod-Gavriil and Dovmont-Timofey, venerable martyr Iosaph, the head of Snetogorsky monastery and blessed Nicholas, a Wonderworker. Pskov people especially venerate the miracle-working icon of the Virgin Mary “Chirskaya”. It was brought to the Cathedral in 1420 in the memory of a plague which was stopped after people prayed in front of this icon. Pskov chronicles mention this event.
The Trinity Cathedral is not only our history, it’s our present, it is something inviolable and immortal, that unites different people, different cultures and different epochs…
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We are now in the last days, the prophecies of the Lord’s return have basically been fulfilled, and thousands upon thousands of pious believers are fervently hoping for the Lord Jesus’ return. At the same time, however, Eastern Lightning has openly given testimony that the Lord Jesus has already returned—that is, Almighty God, the incarnation of the last days—and that He has already done His work of judgment beginning with God’s house. The emergence of Eastern Lightning has shaken the whole religious world as well as all those who sincerely believe in God and thirst for the truth. Through seeking and investigating the words and work of Almighty God, many people confirm that Almighty God is the returned Lord Jesus, and one after another they come before Almighty God . This has thrown pastors and elders of the religious world as well as the CCP government into a panic; they collude together to suppress and outlaw Eastern Lightning, fabricating many rumors and savagely condemning and vilifying Eastern Lightning as heresy. They do all they can to obstruct and harass sincere believers who want to seek and investigate the appearance and work of Almighty God in the last days. The historical tragedy of the Jewish religious world allying itself with the Roman government to cruelly oppress the Lord Jesus is being played out again. Opinions vary as to whether or not Eastern Lightning is the return of the Lord Jesus, and whether or not it is God’s work; some people follow along with the pastors and elders of the religious world in their denial and condemnation, but there are also some who believe Eastern Lightning is related to the Lord Jesus’ prophecy in the Bible that says, “For as the lightning comes out of the east, and shines even to the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be” (Matthew 24:27), and that it is connected to the coming of the Son of man in the last days. So what really is the origin of Eastern Lightning? Is it God’s work, and what kind of mysteries does it hold?
All who understand God’s work know that God’s work is ever new and unceasing in its onward progression. For example, in the Age of Law God worked through the Spirit and issued the laws that would guide man’s lives on earth. Then, in the Age of Grace, God was incarnated and appeared as the Son of man to do His work, healing the sick and casting out demons, performing many miraculous deeds and expressing the way of “Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matthew 4:17). He was then nailed upon the cross and completed His work to redeem all mankind. But people don’t know God’s work, and on top of that have an arrogant satanic nature, and are all very self-righteous, rigid and stubborn. They also cling to notions and imaginings, to the point where they even become sick of the truth and hate the truth. This is why every time God performs a new work, He must suffer the wild blasphemy, persecution and condemnation of the religious world and the ruling powers. Those who spread and testify to God’s new work can also be slapped with all manner of charges and disparaging terms, as well as being persecuted. This fact is recorded in the New Testament: In order to save mankind from the danger of being punished for breaking laws they couldn’t keep, God was incarnated in the image of the Lord Jesus and began the work of redemption in the Age of Grace. When the Lord Jesus was performing His work in Judea, He performed many miraculous deeds, healed the sick and cast out demons, bestowed on man an abundance of grace and expressed many truths. This is sufficient to prove that the Lord Jesus was God Himself and that He was the Messiah the Israelites had so longed for. However, the Jewish chief priests, scribes and Pharisees stubbornly clung to religious notions and simply refused to believe that Jesus was the Messiah they had longed for for so long. On the contrary, they scoured the Bible for things to use against Jesus, they slandered, judged and condemned the Lord Jesus’ work as heresy (see Acts 24:14) and Jesus Himself as the “ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes” (see Acts 24:5). They deceived and incited the Jewish people to condemn the Lord Jesus, and allied themselves with the Roman government to crucify Him. This is why the entire Jewish nation offended God’s disposition and suffered unprecedented destruction. It is evident that something that is condemned and resisted by the religious world and those in power is not necessarily wrong, that it is highly probable that it comes from God and is God’s work. Therefore, when investigating whether or not something is the work of God, one cannot make this judgment based on whether or not the religious world and those in power acknowledge or accept it. We can see from all the works done in the Age of Law and the Age of Grace that, to determine whether something is or is not the work of God, it mainly depends on whether what is expressed by that way is or is not the truth, whether or not it is something urgently needed by mankind at the present moment, and whether or not it is the work of the Holy Spirit. Only in this way can it be discerned whether or not it is the work of God in its essence—this is most crucial.
Mankind’s corruption is growing deeper and deeper in the last days. Man is entirely under the control of their satanic, corrupt nature, often committing sins involuntarily, all living lives of sinning by day and confessing by night—they are living in unbearable pain. Mankind is becoming more and more distant from God, and their hope for attaining salvation is becoming more and more remote. In order to save man from this never-ending predicament of sinning and confessing, confessing and sinning, and so they can thoroughly cast off their satanic, corrupt dispositions as well as the constraints and fetters of sin so that they are cleansed and attain God’s salvation, God has once again become flesh to express the truth and judge corrupt mankind, and He performs a new stage of work to utterly purify and save mankind. This time, God was incarnated in the East of the world—in China—appearing and performing His work. He has brought the Age of Grace to a close and begun the Age of Kingdom, He has brought higher, more abundant truths than ever before, He has unveiled the mysteries of all of God’s works since the creation of the world, and He has bestowed upon man all the truths to cleanse and save them. Those who accept the work of Almighty God in the last days have come to understand many truths from the words expressed by Almighty God, they have clearly seen that Almighty God who expresses the truth in the last days is truly the returned Lord Jesus, they have gained clear knowledge of their own corrupt nature and the root cause of their sins, they have found the path to resolve their satanic and corrupt dispositions, and their hearts are bright and clear. By experiencing the judgment, chastisement, trials and refinement of God’s words, their life dispositions are constantly changing, they see the hope of salvation, and they have true knowledge of God’s good and holy essence as well as His righteous and inviolable disposition. They have a more practical understanding and knowledge of what God has and is, such as His almightiness, wisdom and authority, and they can all perceive that their belief in God is no longer empty or vague, but instead is becoming more and more real. They truly experience God as so dear and lovely, thus giving rise to a God-fearing heart. They have developed true obedience and consideration for God, and they all clearly appreciate that Almighty God’s work of judgment in the last days can indeed purify and save man. In the last days, the time of Almighty God’s work of judgment and purification is short and it moves very quickly, like a bolt of lightning. In just over two short decades, God’s gospel of the kingdom has spread throughout the Chinese mainland and has made a group of overcomers, and now the gospel is rapidly expanding to all nations, to all corners of the world. This precisely fulfills the Lord Jesus’ prophecy: “For as the lightning comes out of the east, and shines even to the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be” (Matthew 24:27). Nevertheless, the pastors and elders of the religious world stubbornly cling to religious notions and, faced with God’s new work that is at odds with man’s notions, not only do they not seek or investigate it, but they brandish the Bible and hunt for mistakes which they can use against God, recklessly judging and condemning Almighty God’s work in the last days, and vilifying The Church of Almighty God as the “Eastern Lightning sect” and as heresy. Their actions and deeds are cut from the same cloth as those of the Jewish chief priests, scribes and Pharisees when they condemned the Lord Jesus. That they can defy and attack God’s work in the last days so, and obstruct people from looking into and following God’s footsteps and obeying God’s work, does that not truly make them modern-day Pharisees who defy and condemn Christ? Is the essence of their actions not hating the truth and blaspheming against the Holy Spirit? The savage condemnation of Almighty God’s appearance and work by the leaders of the religious world also completely fulfills the Lord Jesus’ words when He prophesied His return: “For as the lightning, that lightens out of the one part under heaven, shines to the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in His day. But first must He suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation” (Luke 17:24–25).
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In order to communicate to journalists and media buyers the last season of Prison Break, on FOX, in which the Scofield brothers need to decipher codes to reach to freedom, a different direct mail was sent. Media agencies and other media received an inviolable box simulating a prison with a mobile phone inside. Meanwhile e-mails were sent asking for help for whom was good deciphering codes. In these e-mails was a part of the code and the FOX's website was hidden the other part. The person finding the code would get the mobile phone. A Michael Scofield lookalike would come and break the box releasing the mobile phone.
A day outing on a beautiful crisp and sunny Friday 13th January, ostensibly for a walk along the bank of the River Eden to Lacy's Caves, did not quite go to plan as we approached Lazonby and saw that a serious amount of mist was rising from the river Eden and gradually moving up over the hillsides on each side. This was an ideal time to visit 'Long Meg and Her Daughters' we thought. The absence of any background, due to the mist, and the suffused lighting provided, what I thought, was an ideal subject to 'solarise' in Photoshop to perhaps convey some of the mystery of this fine red cumbrian sandstone monolith.
Long Meg belongs to one of the finest stone circles in the north of England, the circle has a diameter of about 350 feet, the second biggest in the country. Long Meg is the tallest of the 69 stones, about 12 feet high, with three mysterious symbols, its four corners facing the points of the compass and standing some 60 feet outside the circle.
The stones probably date from about 1500 BC, and it was likely to have been used as a meeting place or for some form of religious ritual. Long Meg is made of local red sandstone, whereas the daughters are boulders of rhyolite, a form of granite. Local legend claims that Long Meg was a witch who with her daughters, was turned to stone for profaning the Sabbath, as they danced wildly on the moor. The circle is supposedly endowed with magic, so that it is impossible to count the same number of stones twice, but if you do then the magic is broken.
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A poem by William Wordsworth:
A weight of Awe not easy to be borne
Fell suddenly upon my spirit, cast
From the dread bosom of the unknown past,
When first I saw that family forlorn;
Speak Thou, whose massy strength and stature scorn
The power of years - pre-eminent, and placed
Apart, to overlook the circle vast.
Speak Giant-mother! tell it to the Morn,
While she dispels the cumbrous shades of night;
Let the Moon hear, emerging from a cloud,
At whose behest uprose on British ground
That Sisterhood in hieroglyphic round
Forth-shadowing, some have deemed the infinite
The inviolable God that tames the proud.
William Wordsworth 1822
The Black Hills region of the Dakota was recognized as inviolable Indian land by the federal government. But the onset of a gold rush there in 1874-75 led the administration of President Ulysses S. Grant to decide that it would be easier to contrive a war against the Indians & seize the land than it would be to oust the white intruders. The campaign of 1876 was commanded by George A. Custer & his 7th Cavalry arrived at the huge Sioux encampment in eastern Montana, & there he hoped to achieve fame & advancement by defeating the Indians.
Late in 1875 an order went out from President Ulysses S. Grant in Washington to the various hostile Indian tribes that they were to report to reservations & Indian agencies no lather than 31 January 1876. The Cheyenne & Sioux tribes disregarded the order & as a result the Yellowstone Expedition set out on 17 May 1876 from Fort Abraham in the Dakota Territory under the command of Brigadier General Alfred H. Terry. The purpose of the expeditionary force was to find Chief Sitting Bull's encampment & to bring him to heel. Normally Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer would have led the entire expedition himself but he had incurred the displeasure of President Grant & was only allowed to accompany the expedition at the insistence of General Terry.
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany Art. 1
(1) Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority. (2) The German people therefore acknowledge inviolable and inalienable human rights as the basis of every community, of peace and of justice in the world. (3) The following basic rights shall bind the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary as directly applicable law.
Engraved in a glass pane at the gouvernement quarter, Berlin
Eingraviert in eine Glasscheibe am Regierungsviertel, Berlin
Hope is a tattered flag and a dream of time.
Hope is a heartspun word, the rainbow, the shadblow in white
The evening star inviolable over the coal mines,
The shimmer of northern lights across a bitter winter night,
The blue hills beyond the smoke of the steel works,
The birds who go on singing to their mates in peace, war, peace,
The ten-cent crocus bulb blooming in a used-car salesroom,
The horseshoe over the door, the luckpiece in the pocket,
The kiss and the comforting laugh and resolve—
Hope is an echo, hope ties itself yonder, yonder.
The spring grass showing itself where least expected,
The rolling fluff of white clouds on a changeable sky,
The broadcast of strings from Japan, bells from Moscow,
Of the voice of the prime minister of Sweden carried
Across the sea in behalf of a world family of nations
And children singing chorals of the Christ child
And Bach being broadcast from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
And tall skyscrapers practically empty of tenants
And the hands of strong men groping for handholds
And the Salvation Army singing God loves us….
--Carl Sandburg
It's pretty easy to become dispirited. Particularly when you are attacked simply for doing your job.
If you are a medical doctor, you've gone from managing the triage situation of dealing with dying Covid patients to people accusing you of being part of some grand global plot.
If you are a climate scientist, you live every day with the horror of knowing that we are running up an inviolable metric, and yet are attacked by people for making up facts and pursuing an 'agenda.'
If you are in government, you might be one who ran for office to try to achieve some good for your fellow man or woman, only to live a life that is full of rage attacks driven by an increasing threat of violence.
If you are a teacher, you pursued your career because of your love of knowledge, but you find yourself under attack for the simple process of providing books to students to engage and expand their minds.
If you believe in racial or gender acceptance and equality, you are now seeing your efforts being trampled as rights are being squandered and rolled back, combined with an acceleration of hate.
If you are a woman, you've had to deal with the sudden reality that your fundamental human rights have been stripped away from you in the name of some bastardized religion.
If you believe in justice, you are enraged to see the leader of an insurrection remain free from the scales of justice.
It is so easy to lose faith - because at the same time that this is happening, you are surrounded by hypocrisy. Corporations proclaim they support 'diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives,' but then demonstrate that it is just lip service by their donations to politicians and candidates on the far right. The same companies that put in place expansive and lofty climate goals quickly turn around and fund carbon companies and carbon politicians. The same organizations that publically support the need for some sort of rational online free speech content moderation quietly cheer on the individual who has torn it down.
How do you battle the cynicism, the burnout, the constant browbeating, and the fraud?
Chase your beliefs. Commit to your cause. Double down on your personal or professional oath.
Find the information that reinforces your values.
I am amazed a the resilience of some communities and professions in the face of negative adversity. I remember watching an online community of emergency room doctors during the earliest days of Covid; they were gathering on Twitter to share ideas as to what to do to deal with the horror they were witnessing and battling against. Patients in hallways gasping for air, dying in plain view - these doctors were sharing their ideas on their latest desperate measures to deal with a medical circumstance they had never trained for. I remember seeing a post from one ER doctor out of New York, in which he stated that he was not following established medical protocol anymore -- because the protocol had never envisioned the complexity. He was making it up as he went. They all were.
What drove these people then, and what drives them today? How do they keep going in the face of burnout? The Hippocratic Oath. It's at the core of who they are:
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THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH: MODERN VERSION
I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:
I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.
I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.
I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.
I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient's recovery.
I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God.
I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person's family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.
I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.
I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.
If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help.
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What can you do in these circumstances? No matter who you are, and no matter your professional or personal circumstances, you are driven and guided by some sort of personal oath. Your commitment, your values, your beliefs. The essence of your belief in who you are - it's the core of your virtuous soul. You need to nurture it, reinforce it, reinvent it, and recommit to it.
AS YOU do so, double down on your own personal care.
Reinforcing. Recommitting. Rethinking. Don't let the bastards bring you down!
You don't need a superpower. You just need to be you. Remind yourself of who you are.
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Serving humanity does not require a superpower or a special ability. The only tool that is needed to do good for humanity is empathy. Kindness is the key to be an instrument of inclusivity without any discrimination of caste, colour, and religion.
Upholding the spirit of the hippocratic oath
30 January 2023, Pakistan Observer
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You are responsible! At any time, anywhere, let your beliefs define your actions and your values drive your goals.
Ignore consensus! Choose growth!
Original post: jimcarroll.com/2023/02/daily-inspiration-recommit-rethink...
HE HERETAT L'ESPERANÇA
He heretat l'esperança dels avis
i la paciència dels pares.
I de tots dos, els mots
dels quals ara em serveixo
per parlar-vos.
M'han dit que la naixença em dóna drets
inviolables.
Però jo sóc poruc i sempre em sento
una mica eixalat i solitari.
Visc en un poble petit,
en un país petit
i, tanmateix, vull que quedi ben clar
que això que escric ho escric per a tothom,
i que per mi és com si el món sencer
girés entorn de l'eix dels meus poemes.
Vagarejo tot sol pels carrers en silenci
i cada vespre escolto el cant de les sirenes
des del terrat de casa.
Miquel Martí i Pol
I took this shot 10 years ago in 1998 on a walk that traversed the Western Arthurs in south-west Tasmania. Although I’d been hiking for years this hike redefined what a considered a hard hike to be and what spectacular scenery is, Tassie is just breathtaking. To give you an idea of its severity imagine spending 8 days traversing a ridgeline of a mountain range and then taking just one day to traverse back along the plains to regain your start point!
It is also the place where the man who really inspired and defined a lot of my photographic aspirations and inspirations died. Peter Dombrovskis once said, “When you go out there you don’t get away from it all, you get back to it all. You come home to what is important. You come home to yourself”. Leaving his mortal coil in such a place for me seemed like the right thing in a bitter sweet kind of way. This particular shot was also one of the first where I felt that I began to approach that indefinable something that some work possess that just fills you with a sense of reverence, awe and inviolability of place.
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(1) the privacy of correspondence, posts and telecommunications shall be inviolable.
I was here again today for the last performance of Hamlet. It was the best yet. Since DT came back from his surgery, he seems to have been 'cooking on gas' - Good reviews from Stratford Upon Avon in the summer turned into great reviews for London (a mini press night was hastily arranged once he was back on stage as he missed the official London press night)
Here's some of the quotes from reviews to prove it.
"With Tennant back in business, it was as if the planets had sharply realigned. There was one centre to this solar system, and it was he. Tennant has that rare ability to make words, set down long ago on a page and worn with time to familiarity and predictability, seem entirely improvised . "
www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2009/jan/08/theatre
"With not a single weak performance in the supporting roles, and a modern-dress staging by Gregory Doran that achieves the hurtling intensity of a thriller, this is now without doubt one of the finest productions of Hamlet I have ever seen, led by an actor of extraordinary courage and charisma who has made a persuasive claim to true greatness. "
www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/4174524/David-Tennant...
"I think I was lucky to see theatrical history in the making."
www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2009/jan/09/david-te...
"Those timeworn lines sounded as if spoken for the first time. From the first soliloquy, when he held the audience spellbound in inviolable silence - quite coughless - I knew it would be one of those special nights only theatre can deliver." www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2009/jan/11/hamlet-david-tennant
"On September l2, l9l9, a group of women including Fanny Garrison Villard, Elinor Byrns, Katherine Devereaux Blake, and Caroline Lexow Babcock resigned from the executive committee of the Women's International League of New York State because of "a fundamental lack of unity in the membership as a whole and in the executive committee". Some of these women were absolute pacifists, or non-resistants, and wanted to start a new organization whose underlying principle would be "a belief in the sacredness and inviolability of human life under all circumstances"
"The Women's Peace Society was thus founded in October l9l9. In 1920, its letterhead read: "Universal and complete disarmament. Abolition of mob violence. Free trade, the world over." This is their Campaign for non-violent toys.
not movin' my lips
spreadin' words that are missed
not seein' things
in shape they exist
all over again
head's burnin' and
and I want to play
to play the game
and I'm makin' my face
unrecognizable
I'm tryin' to keep the silence
inviolable
at least I'm not
under pressure
it's time to smile
time to say
I feel fine
I'm just fine...
I'm so far away
like left and right
like yes and no
like up and down
I see myself
scratchin' face on the glass
the only way
to escape from my thoughts
I feel fine
ohh I'm just fine...
I agree and deny at the same time
the walls are fallin' down keep my eyes open wide
You're running down the streets you want to call the police!
my nose starts to bleed, the monster needs to be fed
Your face's too close!
I'm movin' backwards
and I want to scream
coz that's only a dream!
that's only a dream
My face's too close!
You're movin' backwards
and you want to scream
coz that's only a dream!
that's only a dream
only a dream
.
ForFreedom WithoutFear,AgainstSexual.
Towards 16 Dec: Ke~ping the Flame Alive .
Violence andGenderDiscrimination .
'Walk" by Maya Krishna Rao (noted theatre artist), Talks bv: Dastangoi, Songs by Swaang, Prof. Nivedita Menon, JNU Jatin, Soul Rebellions Dr. JanakiAbraham. ' DU "Bandh Khirkiyon Sc Takra Kar" by Amir Aziz Arvind Narayan,Alternative Screening ofEve Ensler's Performance" Body ofJustice" Law Forum .
Tomorrow, On 16 Dec, assemble at Ganga Dhaba at S.OOpm and join Candle Light March through Munirka .
Bus Stop followed by Public Meeting to be addressed by Vrinda Grover,Gautam Bhan, Laxmi (acid attack .
survivor) and performance by Mallika Taneja .
Rise Up For Patriarchy's Fallen Women .
Last year, during the anti-rape protests unleashed in Delhi after the brutal gang-rape of a 23-year old woman, our political class invoked "Bharat Mata" by the bulk. The wounds inflicted by the "beti bachao, bahu bachao, samman bachao andolan" in Muzaffarnagar, unleashing communal violence in Western Uttar Pradesh are still fres~ in our minds. These matas, betis .
and bahus are relational identities invoked by the torch-bearers of patriarchal social structure forcing upon women, 'honour' and 'protective' care. In the people's struggle for freedom without fear, women fought and shouted as individuals, bearers of inviolable rights and uncompromisable freedoms. .
Women fought, not as givers of care, but as seekers of rights, justice and freedom reasserting the words of Virginia Wolf, uAs a woman I have no country, as a woman my country is the .
whole world". They are not the women ofhonour, but patriarchy's fallen women. .
Women's body has been the object of manifold domination and exploitation. Exploitation of household labour by the male patriarch in the family, exploitation of sexual labour by the husband, exploitation of labour on the factory floor by the capitalist owner, exploitation of labour in the fields by the upper-caste landlord and forced sexual labour to remove .
indebtedness to the feudal landowner in the village. All these and more, are aspects of exploitation emerging from the collaboration of feudal and capitalistic social relations. These social relations ofexploitation sustain and cause oppression in the form of domination and control over the body of the women. .
Repressive protectionism, Khap panchayats, draconian legislations to suppress women of specific communities by the state, rape, harassmentthrough misogynistic remarks and stereotypes, invocations of caste and religious .
norms to tame women and more such forms of control have effected acid attacks, honour killings, female foeticide, bride-burning and other blood-curdling practices. Visual media and social traditions have been complicit .
as instruments of effecting these outcomes, and aggravating the existing exploitative and oppressive social relations. The .
hegemony of patriarchal and masculinist language and culture promotes shockingly regressive advertisements which exhort men to eat "tough guy" burgers and regain their lost "mojo," read masculine sex appeal or spray a men's deodorant all over a women's body, her drink, all her belongings to assert "she's mine"! .
Freedom from the oppressive cmd subjugating norms and behavior are intricately linked to the demands of .
rights to vote, equal and minimum wages, workplace rights raised throughout history by the socialist and progressive feminist movements.The protests sparked off by the 161.
h December, 2012 incident of brutal rape in Delhi was historic and noteworthy, inview of the overall public outrage against the ruling establishment and ourspecific intervention .
through the discourse of freedom without fear to reaffirm the centuries old progressive feminist struggle for women's and people's rights. The memory of streets reverberating with the battle-cry of uKhap se maange aazadi, Baap se .
maange azadi" is vivid in our minds. Men walked along with Women carrying placards shouting udon't look at mylipstick, listen to whatI'm saying" and umeri skirtse oonchf, meri awaz", we climbed up lighting poles at Raisana .
Hill shouting "hal hak humara azadi", amidst water cannons and brutallathi-charge. .
We raised the issues ofthe colonial and feudal two-finger test used as medico-legal examination for rape, rape within the legal institution ofmarriage, use of custodial rape and rape by military and security forces under the aegis of draconian laws, immunity to state personnel from criminal punishment for perpetrating sexual violence, systematic use of1'ape during communal violence by the ruling forces and pushed the political agenda further to a bigger horizon of women's autonomy and freedom. Our resistance to the recent Supreme Court verdict re-criminalizing homosexual .
intercourse by upholding section 377of I PC, is an important thread in the broadening of the same political horizon of rightsand the concomitant freedoms to sexual expression and rights. .
While we have recurrently challenged all traditional sexual and gender identities through our movements for freedom without fear and the discourses raised therewith, the range of this criticism has today broadened, taking into its fold the issues of gendered minorities. .
P.T.O. .
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not movin' my lips
spreadin' words that are missed
not seein' things
in shape they exist
all over again
head's burnin' and
and I want to play
to play the game
and I'm makin' my face
unrecognizable
I'm tryin' to keep the silence
inviolable
at least I'm not
under pressure
it's time to smile
time to say
I feel fine
I'm just fine...
I'm so far away
like left and right
like yes and no
like up and down
I see myself
scratchin' face on the glass
the only way
to escape from my thoughts
I feel fine
ohh I'm just fine...
I agree and deny at the same time
the walls are fallin' down keep my eyes open wide
You're running down the streets you want to call the police!
my nose starts to bleed, the monster needs to be fed
Your face's too close!
I'm movin' backwards
and I want to scream
coz that's only a dream!
that's only a dream
My face's too close!
You're movin' backwards
and you want to scream
coz that's only a dream!
that's only a dream
only a dream
IG II² 3299
epigraphy.packhum.org/text/5572?hs=54-62
Αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρα θεοῦ Τραιανοῦ
υἱὸν θεοῦ Νερούα υἱωνὸν Τραιανὸν Ἁδριανὸν
Σεβαστὸν Ὀλύμπιον · vv ἡ πόλις Ἰουλιέων τῶν καὶ Λαο-
δικέων τῶν πρὸς θαλ<ά>σσῃ τῆς ἱερᾶς καὶ ἀσύλου καὶ αὐτονόμου
ναυαρχίδος συνγενίδος φίλης συμμάχου κοινωνοῦ δήμου
Ῥωμαίων, ἐξαιρέτως τετειμημένη δωρεαῖς, καθὼς καὶ ἐν Καπε-
τωλίωι δέλτοι περιέχουσιν · vv διὰ ἐπιμελητῶν καὶ πρεσβευ-
τῶν v Ἀρχελάου τοῦ Τειμάρχου · vv καὶ Μ · Οὐισελλίου Γαίου
υἱοῦ Κολλίνα Πρείσκου · καὶ Γ Κορνηλίου Γαίου υἱοῦ Κυρείνα
Μαξίμου · v καὶ Ἀπολλωνίου Διογνήτου · τοῦ ἐπικαλου-
μένου Γαίου.
www.atticinscriptions.com/inscription/IGII2/3299
(This statue of) Emperor Caesar, son of the God
Trajan, grandson of the God Nerva, Trajan Hadrian
Augustus Olympios (was erected by) the city of the Julians who are also Laodikeians by the Sea,
sacred and inviolable and autonomous,ship-ruler, kin, friend, ally, partner of the People
of the Romans, exceptionally honoured with gifts, as the
tablets in the Capitolium record, (erected) through the managers and envoys
Archelaos son of Teimarchos and Marcus Visellius son of Gaiusof tribe Collina Priscus and Gaius Cornelius son of Gaius of tribe Quirina Maximus and Apollonios son of Diognetos who is also called
Gaios.
August 2012.
Lunchtime walk around Westminster.
The Sanctuary at Westminster Abbey was a place of refuge within the precincts where people could flee temporarily from persecution. The right of sanctuary (Lat. sanctuarium, holy place), was the right of a person to protection or asylum within consecrated ground, founded on an ancient belief that one entering assumes part of the holiness of a place. It would be committing sacrilege to remove the person from the sacred place, so the right of sanctuary was considered inviolable.
One of the most famous people who claimed sanctuary was Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of Edward IV.
The Guildhall, off Gresham Street in the City of London, according to its website, "has been the City powerhouse since the twelfth century. In an era when the Lord Mayor of London rivalled the monarch for influence and prestige, this was where he and the ruling merchant class held court, fine-tuned the laws and trading regulations that helped create London’s wealth." It can be argued that little has changed. The Guildhall is still home of the City of London Corporation, which presides over the City of London and its affairs with scant regard for the laws that apply to everyone else. The black line making part of the arc of a circle in the foreground marks the site of a Roman amphitheatre, the largest in the country, signifying the importance of the site for nearly 2,000 years. Photo taken on July 13, 2012.
See: www.guildhall.cityoflondon.gov.uk/
Also see George Monbiot's article from october 2011, when the Occupy London campaigners were seeking transparency and accountability from the City of London for its role in the global economic crash of 2008 and its ongoing inviolability: www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/31/corporation-...
And see the response here: www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/nov/03/city-of-lond...
For more on Andy Worthington, see: www.andyworthington.co.uk/
Île de Tsushima (département de Nagasaki)
Ura-Hacchôkaku, tombe de la mère de Tendô-dôshi (Enfant du soleil), mont Tatera, Tsutsu (豆酘 龍良山 裏八丁角 天童童子の母の墓).
Arbre à la base duquel a été disposée une pierre (symbole d'un enfant qui sort du ventre de sa mère ? de l'élément masculin ?). En tout état de cause, l'arbre, ici, représente la dimension féminine.
La légende veut qu'une vierge ait été mise enceinte par un rayon de soleil. L'enfant qui nait de cette union est appelé Tendô-dôshi.
Le culte de l'Enfant du soleil est au fondement des rituels organisés pour obtenir une bonne récolte : il relève donc des cultes liés à l'agriculture, en l'occurrence la culture du riz, et notamment d'une variété appelée akamai (le «riz rouge »), cultivée aujourd'hui uniquement à des fins rituels. Tsushima est connu comme étant l'île japonaise qui a fait appel le plus rapidement à la culture du riz, qui faisait partie du mode de vie des "kaijin" (海人, peuple de la mer) appelés également «Wajin»), installés sans doute sur les côtes chinoises, et qui vivaient tout aussi bien de la mer que de l'agriculture. On suppose qu'ils viennent peupler Tsushima à partir de Ve siècle avant J.-C. environ.
Le mont où se trouve ce lieu de culte est recouvert d'une forêt vierge dont l'accès a été strictement tabou jusqu'à récemment. Il a servi de lieu d'asile inviolable pour les individus qui, pour une raison ou une autre, venaient y chercher refuge.
Le mont sacré de Tatera a été aussi un lieu où se sont développées des pratiques divinatoires appelée « kiboku » ( (亀卜）) qui utilisent la carapace de tortue.
Arielle spent one Saturday on the set of a movie being filmed by LivingStorms Production, a local independent movie company.
Even layered over, one CANNOT hide the belly! That's one of the inviolable rules of belly dancing. Didn't you know that?
Photo by Bill Tricomi
(the shot that is.)
or course i watched the super bowl today; the super PUPPY bowl that is!
i'm so incredibly sick that these tootsies may be all you get to see of me
before my venture forth 9 days from now.
i like stripes. and pups. and resting my feet on the heater, wool socks be damned.
i don't like football, and being too sick to function beyond baths.
even the bath made me so dizzy i had to sit on the bathroom floor
for awhile after. but my muscles are sharply protesting this degree of inactivity!
so after lounging by the pool i watched puppies frolic and at least got
my laugh muscles loosened up. yeah, it hurts to laugh i.e. cough right now,
but it hurts so good to laugh due to animal shenanigans.
oh, and don't kill when me when i get back to pittsburgh. i've hated football all my life.
but hey! i like baseball! "baceboll bin berry berry gud tu me!"
(and my dad was the longest running employee of iron city brewery, evah! so i've got ... um, what's that thing you get on "reality" shows when you can't touch me? um ... sanctity? impregnability? inviolability? yeah ... oh! immunity from the "you must be a football fan or die" clause. phew.)
Day two of the eviction, November 8, 2017. On November 7, 2017, on a cold winter day, a family was evicted from their home in Bucharest the a property belonging to the Romanian Orthodox Church. As with all the evictions lately documented by us (Passport Productions), the legal terms were yet again not respected, especially the inviolability of the domicile.
Shetou, Taiwan. Model: Wei-ch'iao W. She asked how she should pose. I replied, she should look sacred and inviolable, like the Arab woman.
"Sleep well, sweet Maid! whom as black winter stole the fragrant bud of Spring, too Early (?) blown, untimely Death has nipped. Here take thy rose, inviolable here! While we than thou less favoured through the irksome vale of life toil on in tears without thee. Yet not long shall Death divide us! Rapid is the flight of life more rapid than the turtle's (dove) wings. And soon our bones shall meet. Here may we Sleep. Here wake together! and by his Dear might Who conquered Death for sinful man ascend. Forever hence to an Eternal home."