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the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness :-)
John Kenneth Galbraith
HBW!! RESIST!!
j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, Raleigh, north carolina
that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness :-)
John Kenneth Galbraith
HMM!! so unlike our current fearless leader, who apparently requires no moral justification whatsoever ;-(
tulips, wral gardens, raleigh, north carolina
Every day, I post pictures on Flickr.
It's as if nothing has happened. It's peaceful, and maybe that's what I like about it.
There should be no justification for violence and murder for any reason, but our world is always surrounded by such threats and fears.
Even if I murmur "NO WAR" in a small voice under the wide sky, it may not reach anyone.
Still, I wish for peace.
May you be at peace.
May there be peace and tranquility beyond this sky.
From under the sky of Paris.
From under my sky, to under your sky.
Sous le ciel de Paris
Another view from the top of mt. Lilienstein to the fog enchanted landscapes of the Saxonian Schwitzerlands. The sun has risen awhile ago already and now it is bathing everything in a fascinating golden light. I am absolutely in love with moments like this. If I ever need a justification, why I'm carrying a heavy telephoto lens all the way uphill, this here is the best explanation I could have.
Ein weiterer Blick vom Lilienstein auf die vom Nebel verzauberte Landschaft der Sächsischen Schweiz. Die Sonne ist schon vor einiger Zeit aufgegangen und taucht nun alles in ein faszinierendes goldenes Licht. Ich bin absolut verliebt in solche Momente. Wenn ich jemals eine Rechtfertigung dafür benötige, warum ich ein schweres Teleobjektiv den ganzen Weg auf den Berg mitschleppe, das hier wäre als Begründung völlig ausreichend.
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on the whole, least successful exercises in moral philosophy. That is the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness :-)
John Kenneth Galbraith, 1963
Truth Matters! Character Matters! Impeach, Convict and Imprison!!
prunus, cherry blossom, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
The light in Val D'Orcia
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28COM 14B.51 - Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Val d'Orcia)
Val d'Orcia
The landscape of Val d’Orcia is part of the agricultural hinterland of Siena, redrawn and developed when it was integrated in the territory of the city-state in the 14th and 15th centuries to reflect an idealized model of good governance and to create an aesthetically pleasing picture. The landscape’s distinctive aesthetics, flat chalk plains out of which rise almost conical hills with fortified settlements on top, inspired many artists. Their images have come to exemplify the beauty of well-managed Renaissance agricultural landscapes. The inscription covers: an agrarian and pastoral landscape reflecting innovative land-management systems; towns and villages; farmhouses; and the Roman Via Francigena and its associated abbeys, inns, shrines, bridges, etc.
Justification for Inscription.
Criterion (iv): The Val d’Orcia is an exceptional reflection of the way the landscape was re-written in Renaissance times to reflect the ideals of good governance and to create an aesthetically pleasing pictures.
Criterion (vi): The landscape of the Val d’Orcia was celebrated by painters from the Siennese School, which flourished during the Renaissance. Images of the Val d’Orcia, and particularly depictions of landscapes where people are depicted as living in harmony with nature, have come to be seen as icons of the Renaissance and have profoundly influenced the development of landscape thinking.
Source: Advisory Body Evaluation
What is happening to the world?, first covid and the unrest that comes from it, then some people in democratic countries trying to overthrow duly legally elective governments in the name of freedom? what freedom do they inspire to have? One like Russia where Putin a ruthless narcissist kills off his opponents and robs his country blind?
Putin calls Ukrainian government neo-Nazi’s while he invades them without justification while having taken over other countries and threatening the west with nuclear weapons. Was this not the actions of another Neo-Nazi narcissist? Look at where it got him.
So now it seems history is repeating itself, the question is do we allow Putin to get away with it? Ukraine for now is punching above there weight, but can it last without our direct intervention?
These are questions for people much smarter than myself and for now I will pray for the people of Ukraine and send them my love and prayers.
the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness :-)
John Kenneth Galbraith
HPPT!! HMM!! RESIST!! IMPEACH!!
rose, 'Secret', little theater rose garden, raleigh, north carolina
TAKEN FROM THE NORTHERN ECHO.
In these days when statues are toppling on a daily basis, Darlington should say a word in praise of Mr Pease who stands on a plinth in High Row.
In 2008, this statue, erected in 1875, was one of 21 across the country to have their listing schedules enhanced because of their importance to the anti-slavery movement.
Four friezes on Joseph Pease’s plinth tell his life story. On one of those friezes, a slave writes the word “freedom” above the heads of a rejoicing crowd.
The Peases were Quakers, who believed that all people were equal before God. Joseph’s uncle, also called Joseph, lived at Feethams where the Town Hall is today, and from the earliest years of the 19th Century, he led a national campaign against slavery in India.
He fired his daughter, Elizabeth, with enthusiasm for the cause of fairness, and she founded the Darlington Ladies Anti-Slavery Society in the mid-1830s – it was one of the first women’s political movements in the country.
In 1840, Elizabeth was one of six women to attend the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London where, to her horror, she discovered that because she was female she was not only forbidden from speaking but she had to sit behind a bar and a curtain. This unfairness fired her further and she became a feminist, arguing that women should be equal also.
In 1853, though, she married a Glasgow university professor of astronomy who was not a Quaker. “Marrying out” was still frowned upon and so broke ties with Darlington and lived the rest of her life in Edinburgh, campaigning for women to get the vote.
In 1832, Elizabeth persuaded her cousin Joseph to break with Quaker tradition and stand for Parliament so he could further the cause of anti-slavery. He won the South Durham seat, and became the first nonconformist MP in the Commons for 200 years.
Joseph joined fellow MP William Wilberforce in campaigning to free slaves.
In his longest speech, Joseph appealed to other MPs "on behalf of their poor brethren of colour whose sufferings under the present system were of a nature to stimulate every feeling bosom to concede to them a paramount consideration”.
The speech covers 40 pages in Hansard, the Parliamentary record, and as Joseph delivered it, he became increasingly wrapped up in the emotion of it, much to the delight of the Whig MPs opposite him.
Hansard records: "He felt the inadequacy of his powers in pleading such a cause. (Here, the hon gentleman was so affected he was obliged to pause for a moment. Much cheering.)
"The house will pardon me (concluded Mr Pease) for having so long trespassed upon their attention. I am unable to go on. But when the great and solemn day shall come, when I shall myself stand in need of mercy, I hope it will be meted to me in the same measure as I am disposed to mete it to others."
Despite the ridicule, Joseph's speech was widely regarded by anti-slavery campaigners as for providing moral justification for the cause, and the Abolition of Slavery Act received Royal Assent on August 28, 1833.
Unfortunately, Wilberforce never lived to see it – he died a month earlier, just as the Stockton & Darlington Railway was taking delivery of its engine No 23.
The Wilberforce engine crossing the Gaunless.
It was designed by Timothy Hackworth, but had been built by Robert Stephenson & Co in Newcastle. It was a major step forward for the railway: Locomotion No 1 of 1825 had been able to pull 250 tons of coal per mile per hour but locomotive No 23 was able to pull 1,250 tons of coal per mile per hour, and it was the first engine in the dark green paint that the S&DR then adopted for all of its locos.
No 23 was named Wilberforce in honour of the anti-slavery campaigner.
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Scape photographers are a strange bunch we practice our craft mostly in solitude and at hours best enjoyed by normal people for their dinner or deep sleep.
Despite our solitary pursuits we still are, no matter what we say about shooting for ourselves, in need of an audience to share our final results with.
Each and everyone of us hopes to capture something truly special and share it with others not so much for recognition but for justification of skipped suppers with our spouses or getting up at 3:30am to drive several hours in the hopes that when we arrive we capture something that is not even guaranteed to be there, beautiful light.
This scene in Utrecht captures some of its unique character no other city in the Netherlands or the world for that matter has more quayside pedestrian paths, homes, shops and cafes thanks to its forefathers clever designs to allow access to the cellars under their homes from their boats.
I took this with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens at 34mm 1s, f/8 ISO 200 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz Denoise
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress.
Lights and shadows in Val D'Orcia CF004769
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28COM 14B.51 - Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Val d'Orcia)
Val d'Orcia
The landscape of Val d’Orcia is part of the agricultural hinterland of Siena, redrawn and developed when it was integrated in the territory of the city-state in the 14th and 15th centuries to reflect an idealized model of good governance and to create an aesthetically pleasing picture. The landscape’s distinctive aesthetics, flat chalk plains out of which rise almost conical hills with fortified settlements on top, inspired many artists. Their images have come to exemplify the beauty of well-managed Renaissance agricultural landscapes. The inscription covers: an agrarian and pastoral landscape reflecting innovative land-management systems; towns and villages; farmhouses; and the Roman Via Francigena and its associated abbeys, inns, shrines, bridges, etc.
Justification for Inscription.
Criterion (iv): The Val d’Orcia is an exceptional reflection of the way the landscape was re-written in Renaissance times to reflect the ideals of good governance and to create an aesthetically pleasing pictures.
Criterion (vi): The landscape of the Val d’Orcia was celebrated by painters from the Siennese School, which flourished during the Renaissance. Images of the Val d’Orcia, and particularly depictions of landscapes where people are depicted as living in harmony with nature, have come to be seen as icons of the Renaissance and have profoundly influenced the development of landscape thinking.
Source: Advisory Body Evaluation
Brown Jellyfish at the Osaka Aquarium. Not dangerous to humans, at least.
I'm ambivalent at best about the justifications for the existence of aquariums and zoos, unless they're also involved in scientific research or breeding programs which may help to preserve the animal either in the wild or, if need be, in captivity pending possible reintroductions into the wild. But there's no denying the grace and beauty of such creatures as this Brown Jellyfish, undulating through its (very large) environment at the Osaka Aquarium, something which in the normal course of events most of us would never be able to witness.
Aka juvenile Pied (or black banded) Stint. Truly, I have no justification for that title, other than it appearing out of no-where in my mind as I typed. And yes I have blown out some of the whites in the chest feathers sorry!
I have definitely had a few hours of feeling alittle better and am hopeful it means I am improving. The nausea and pressure in my head is not fun.
I am off for a few days to Phillip Island. As usual, the weather for the weekend looks horrendous but I am hoping a few days away, immersed in sea air, wind and rain will help and I will return as my old Flickr self!
Take Care
The Val d'Orcia and its fog CF004778
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28COM 14B.51 - Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Val d'Orcia)
Val d'Orcia
The landscape of Val d’Orcia is part of the agricultural hinterland of Siena, redrawn and developed when it was integrated in the territory of the city-state in the 14th and 15th centuries to reflect an idealized model of good governance and to create an aesthetically pleasing picture. The landscape’s distinctive aesthetics, flat chalk plains out of which rise almost conical hills with fortified settlements on top, inspired many artists. Their images have come to exemplify the beauty of well-managed Renaissance agricultural landscapes. The inscription covers: an agrarian and pastoral landscape reflecting innovative land-management systems; towns and villages; farmhouses; and the Roman Via Francigena and its associated abbeys, inns, shrines, bridges, etc.
Justification for Inscription.
Criterion (iv): The Val d’Orcia is an exceptional reflection of the way the landscape was re-written in Renaissance times to reflect the ideals of good governance and to create an aesthetically pleasing pictures.
Criterion (vi): The landscape of the Val d’Orcia was celebrated by painters from the Siennese School, which flourished during the Renaissance. Images of the Val d’Orcia, and particularly depictions of landscapes where people are depicted as living in harmony with nature, have come to be seen as icons of the Renaissance and have profoundly influenced the development of landscape thinking.
Source: Advisory Body Evaluation
7.52 The hills of of Val D'Orcia,CF004768
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28COM 14B.51 - Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Val d'Orcia)
Val d'Orcia
The landscape of Val d’Orcia is part of the agricultural hinterland of Siena, redrawn and developed when it was integrated in the territory of the city-state in the 14th and 15th centuries to reflect an idealized model of good governance and to create an aesthetically pleasing picture. The landscape’s distinctive aesthetics, flat chalk plains out of which rise almost conical hills with fortified settlements on top, inspired many artists. Their images have come to exemplify the beauty of well-managed Renaissance agricultural landscapes. The inscription covers: an agrarian and pastoral landscape reflecting innovative land-management systems; towns and villages; farmhouses; and the Roman Via Francigena and its associated abbeys, inns, shrines, bridges, etc.
Justification for Inscription.
Criterion (iv): The Val d’Orcia is an exceptional reflection of the way the landscape was re-written in Renaissance times to reflect the ideals of good governance and to create an aesthetically pleasing pictures.
Criterion (vi): The landscape of the Val d’Orcia was celebrated by painters from the Siennese School, which flourished during the Renaissance. Images of the Val d’Orcia, and particularly depictions of landscapes where people are depicted as living in harmony with nature, have come to be seen as icons of the Renaissance and have profoundly influenced the development of landscape thinking.
Source: Advisory Body Evaluation
The colors of the Belvedere .CF006056
Exposition 1/60; F11 ISO 50
Lens: Mamiya 55-110 F 4.5
Filter : Formatt Hitech Glass Fog 1/2 and Lee 06 Pro
Post production: Capture One 8 Pro & PS
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28COM 14B.51 - Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Val d'Orcia)
Val d'Orcia
The landscape of Val d’Orcia is part of the agricultural hinterland of Siena, redrawn and developed when it was integrated in the territory of the city-state in the 14th and 15th centuries to reflect an idealized model of good governance and to create an aesthetically pleasing picture. The landscape’s distinctive aesthetics, flat chalk plains out of which rise almost conical hills with fortified settlements on top, inspired many artists. Their images have come to exemplify the beauty of well-managed Renaissance agricultural landscapes. The inscription covers: an agrarian and pastoral landscape reflecting innovative land-management systems; towns and villages; farmhouses; and the Roman Via Francigena and its associated abbeys, inns, shrines, bridges, etc.
Justification for Inscription.
Criterion (iv): The Val d’Orcia is an exceptional reflection of the way the landscape was re-written in Renaissance times to reflect the ideals of good governance and to create an aesthetically pleasing pictures.
Criterion (vi): The landscape of the Val d’Orcia was celebrated by painters from the Siennese School, which flourished during the Renaissance. Images of the Val d’Orcia, and particularly depictions of landscapes where people are depicted as living in harmony with nature, have come to be seen as icons of the Renaissance and have profoundly influenced the development of landscape thinking.
Source: Advisory Body Evaluation
Though He is truly without name, the followers of the Black Word cult have taken to calling their deity Invictus, meaning unconquerable or undefeated. The irony is indeed lost on them, however, as the monstrous god was indeed defeated and locked away many, many years ago for meddling in the affairs of mortals for His pleasure and amusement.
It was through Invictus that the First was given the power of spreading the Word, and it is His eventual return that drives the cult forward. It is said that once the cult has grown large enough, amassed enough power, He will be freed from His shackles to direct and lead His armies of followers into depravity, calamity, and the eventual rebirth of the world, and the Empire with it.
The official word from the Empire's historians is that Invictus is a myth, a false deity, and unjust justification for the crimes the cult has committed. Whether or not He truly exists, or ever existed, is nearly irrelevant at this time. The Black Word will continue to use His teachings as reason enough to spread their chaos, seed, and destruction across the kingdoms and within the Empire.
A pleasant stroll in Kings Heath Park, on a sunny afternoon with my Daughter and Grandson Alfie, who is now 20 months old.
This is my favourite shot; I took off Alfie, playing on the grass with his car and the other two shots are taken in a cafe, within the Park, while he was sitting in a highchair and eating!
The facial expressions of so young and innocent are a joy to see and behold, and not knowing what life entails for them ahead, only the joys of what they see before them from their parents.
In our minds, those who are lucky to have the freedom to live and carry on in a normal way, can count our blessings!
But, it seems all senseless and meaningless for those young mothers and children in Ukraine that are being bombed, attacked and killed with no justification of feelings from the Russian troops on this unjustified war. Vladimir Putin's mind seems to have no conscience or conviction of anything, only to pursue his own goals!
And may his own goals bring a big downfall that will end him, for good and well riddance too!
So, my heart and soul goes out to all the Ukrainian people, mothers and children, that cannot enjoy normal everyday life, pleasures and freedom.
Like us all in Western countries!
Many thanks for your warm welcome comments from you here, my flickr friends !!!
Sunrise at Val D'Orcia
Cambo WD + Phase One IQ140
Lens : Schneider APO-Digitar 35mm f/5.6 XL
Exposition 1/4 sec; F16 ISO 50
Filter : Formatt Hitech Glass Fog 1/2 and Lee 06 Soft
Post production: Capture One 8 Pro & PS
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28COM 14B.51 - Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Val d'Orcia)
Val d'Orcia
The landscape of Val d’Orcia is part of the agricultural hinterland of Siena, redrawn and developed when it was integrated in the territory of the city-state in the 14th and 15th centuries to reflect an idealized model of good governance and to create an aesthetically pleasing picture. The landscape’s distinctive aesthetics, flat chalk plains out of which rise almost conical hills with fortified settlements on top, inspired many artists. Their images have come to exemplify the beauty of well-managed Renaissance agricultural landscapes. The inscription covers: an agrarian and pastoral landscape reflecting innovative land-management systems; towns and villages; farmhouses; and the Roman Via Francigena and its associated abbeys, inns, shrines, bridges, etc.
Justification for Inscription.
Criterion (iv): The Val d’Orcia is an exceptional reflection of the way the landscape was re-written in Renaissance times to reflect the ideals of good governance and to create an aesthetically pleasing pictures.
Criterion (vi): The landscape of the Val d’Orcia was celebrated by painters from the Siennese School, which flourished during the Renaissance. Images of the Val d’Orcia, and particularly depictions of landscapes where people are depicted as living in harmony with nature, have come to be seen as icons of the Renaissance and have profoundly influenced the development of landscape thinking.
Source: Advisory Body Evaluation
A beautiful view looking north west from Hardknott Roman Fort in the Lake District National Park looking towards Brock Crag and Heron Crag. The Lake District National Park is in the North West of England. Down below you can see the River Esk.
I'll be honest. I'm finding it hard to just carry on as normal posting landscapes while the people of Ukraine are suffering so badly. My only justification for it really is that to not do it means Putin has stopped me doing what I love, and I just won't let that happen. By posting this picture it does not diminish my support and love for the people of Ukraine. I support them in every way I can.
Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona, United States, near the town of Page. The 710-foot (220 m) high dam was built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) from 1956 to 1966 and forms Lake Powell, one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the U.S. with a capacity of 27 million acre-feet (33 km3). The dam is named for Glen Canyon, a series of deep sandstone gorges now flooded by the reservoir; Lake Powell is named for John Wesley Powell, who in 1869 led the first expedition to traverse Colorado's Grand Canyon by boat.
The dam's economic justification was questioned by some critics. It became "a catalyst for the modern environmental movement," and was one of the last dams of its size to be built in the United States. The dam has been criticized for the large evaporative losses from Lake Powell and its impact on the ecology of the Grand Canyon, which lies downstream; environmental groups continue to advocate for the dam's removal. Water managers and utilities state that the dam is a major source of renewable energy and provides a vital defense against severe droughts.
Today, Glen Canyon and Lake Powell are managed by the U.S. Department of the Interior within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
"In all of us there is a huge amount of healing that has to take place before our deep and authentic quest for union with God … escapes the gravitational pull of our psychological woundedness and self-justification …
"What really happens when one enters the cloud of unknowing, resting in God beyond thoughts, words and feelings, is a profound healing of the emotional wounds of a lifetime. As these wounds are gradually surfaced and released in prayer … more and more the false self weakens and the true self gradually emerges … a deepening of the spiritual faculties is occurring as well … leading to a blossoming of the traditional virtues of faith, hope and love."
- Cynthia Bourgeault, Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening
Species #1318
(Glaucidium californicum)
Special thanks to my friend Rick Evets for helping me to get this amazing predator.
The northern pygmy owl is a small owl native to western North America. Some taxonomic authorities, including the International Ornithologists' Union, separate this species from the mountain pygmy owl, the Baja pygmy owl, and the Guatemalan pygmy owl, while others, such as the American Ornithological Society, do not recognize the split and consider this bird conspecific with the group, with the northern pygmy owl taking the English name for them all. Furthermore, if the group is considered conspecific, G. gnoma becomes the scientific name because it is older. Clear differences in the territorial calls by males are the basis for the proposed split, with birds in the high elevations of Arizona and Mexico giving a two-note call while their more northerly congeners give a repeated single-note call. Results from DNA sequence comparisons of cytochrome-b have been weak and inconclusive despite being referenced repeatedly as a justification for taxonomic splitting.
Koenig, Weick and Becking. Owls: A Guide to the Owls of the World, 1999
The Ankerwycke Yew is an ancient yew tree close to the ruins of St Mary's Priory, the site of a Benedictine nunnery built in the 12th century, near Wraysbury in Berkshire, England. It is a male tree with a girth of 8 metres (26 ft) at 0.3 metres.[1] The tree is at least 1,400 years old,[2] and could be as old as 2,500 years.[3]
On the opposite bank of the River Thames are the meadows of Runnymede and this tree is said to have been witness to the signing of Magna Carta. The tree is also said to be the location where Henry VIII courted Anne Boleyn in the 1530s.[3]
Here the confederate Barons met King John, and having forced him to yield to the demands of his subjects they, under the pretext of securing the person of the King from the fury of the multitude, conveyed him to a small island belonging to the nuns of Ankerwyke [the island], where he signed the Magna Carta.
— J. J. Sheahen, 1822.[4]
There is some justification for the theory that the Ankerwycke Yew could be "the last surviving witness to the sealing of the Magna Carta 800 years ago".[5] "In the 13th century, the landscape would have been different as the area was probably rather marshy as it was within the flood plain of the Thames. The Ankerwycke Yew is on a slightly raised area of land (therefore dry) and with the proximity of the Priory perhaps both lend some credibility to this claim."[6]
The Ankerwycke Yew is situated on lands managed by the National Trust. In 2002 it was designated one of fifty Great British Trees[7] by The Tree Council.
Castell Goodrich/ Goodrich Castle - Swydd Henffordd/ Herefordshire ▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️"Semitic
/sɪˈmɪtɪk/
adjective
1.
relating to or denoting a family of languages that includes Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic and certain ancient languages such as Phoenician and Akkadian, constituting the main subgroup of the Afro-Asiatic family.
2.
relating to the peoples who speak Semitic languages, especially Hebrew and Arabic" ▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️"My grandmother was ill in bed when the Nazis came to her home town ... a German soldier shot her dead in her bed. My grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israeli soldiers murdering Palestinian grandmothers in Gaza. The present Israeli
government ruthlessly and cynically exploit the continuing guilt from gentiles over the slaughter of Jews in the Holocaust as justification for their murder of Palestinians."
~ GERALD KAUFMAN ---- (obituary: www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/feb/27/sir-gerald-kaufm...)
The green the Val D'Orcia
Cambo WD + Phase One IQ140
Lens : Schneider APO-Digitar 35mm f/5.6 XL
Exposition 1/4 sec; F11 ISO 50
Filter : Formatt Hitech Glass Fog 1/2 and Lee 03 Soft
Post production: Capture One 8 Pro & PS
Hello everyone,
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28COM 14B.51 - Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Val d'Orcia)
Val d'Orcia
The landscape of Val d’Orcia is part of the agricultural hinterland of Siena, redrawn and developed when it was integrated in the territory of the city-state in the 14th and 15th centuries to reflect an idealized model of good governance and to create an aesthetically pleasing picture. The landscape’s distinctive aesthetics, flat chalk plains out of which rise almost conical hills with fortified settlements on top, inspired many artists. Their images have come to exemplify the beauty of well-managed Renaissance agricultural landscapes. The inscription covers: an agrarian and pastoral landscape reflecting innovative land-management systems; towns and villages; farmhouses; and the Roman Via Francigena and its associated abbeys, inns, shrines, bridges, etc.
Justification for Inscription.
Criterion (iv): The Val d’Orcia is an exceptional reflection of the way the landscape was re-written in Renaissance times to reflect the ideals of good governance and to create an aesthetically pleasing pictures.
Criterion (vi): The landscape of the Val d’Orcia was celebrated by painters from the Siennese School, which flourished during the Renaissance. Images of the Val d’Orcia, and particularly depictions of landscapes where people are depicted as living in harmony with nature, have come to be seen as icons of the Renaissance and have profoundly influenced the development of landscape thinking.
Source: Advisory Body Evaluation
Milkyway over Ullswater. OK I'm on top of a lakeland fell in the middle of the night I might as well try some astrophotography. I usually keep away from this genre as I feel I don't do it any justification. Anyway I just had to wake up and stick my head out of the tent to see if I could see any stars, can't be hard. I picked out cassiopeia and it looked promising for the milkyway arching over Ullswater. There was a bit to much light pollution from Penrith and whispy clouds blocking a clear sky to make it out, but it should be there somewhere, but I'll give it a try. Here is an attempt at a 4 photo panorama stitched together. You can just make out the milkyway over Ullswater.
I suddenly remembered "We're No Angels", a tragicomedy of which there have been several remakes. Three escaped prisoners end up doing good deeds in their escape. The film is full of symbolism, like the little angels that Isabelle puts on the Christmas tree, three little angels with damaged wings, a metaphor for our protagonists. The justification for the outbursts of kindness of the three prisoners is that they feel identified with that family, in the same way they yearn to belong to one and they will always have pleasant memories of what their life could have been.
"NO" IS A COMPLETE SENTENCE. IT DOES NOT REQUIRE JUSTIFICATION OR AN EXPLANATION
The Speak Your Silence Event, I Said No that all proceeds go to the RAINN ( Rape & Incenst National Network)
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"I have sometimes suspected that the only thing that holds no mystery is happiness, because it is its own justification."
Jorge Luis Borges, Praise of Darkness
I like to travel, but as everyone knows, these days are much more 'challenging' to fly in aircraft.
It is of little comfort to know that many commercial (profit first!!!) airlines are now using all the seats, instead of spacing. Their justification is that they will have used a thermometer to check all passengers prior to boarding! That may work for them, but not for me, as that 'test' has questionable value.
Have a great week, my friends:)
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J'aime voyager, mais comme tout le monde le sait, ces jours sont beaucoup plus difficiles à piloter en avion.
Il est peu rassurant de savoir que de nombreuses compagnies aériennes commerciales (profit first !!!) utilisent désormais tous les sièges, au lieu de l'espacement. Leur justification est qu'ils auront utilisé un thermomètre pour vérifier tous les passagers avant l'embarquement! Cela peut fonctionner pour eux, mais pas pour moi, car ce «test» a une valeur discutable.
Passez une bonne semaine, mes amis :)
Castle Drogo is a country house and mixed-revivalist castle near Drewsteignton, Devon, England. Constructed between 1911 and 1930, it was the last castle to be built in England. The client was Julius Drewe, the hugely successful founder of the Home and Colonial Stores. Drewe chose the site in the belief that it formed part of the lands of his supposed medieval ancestor, Drogo de Teigne. The architect he chose to realise his dream was Edwin Lutyens, then at the height of his career. Lutyens lamented Drewe's determination to have a castle but nevertheless produced one of his finest buildings. The architectural critic, Christopher Hussey, described the result: "The ultimate justification of Drogo is that it does not pretend to be a castle. It is a castle, as a castle is built, of granite, on a mountain, in the twentieth century".
The castle was given to the National Trust in 1974, the first building constructed in the twentieth century that the Trust acquired. The castle is a Grade I listed building. The gardens are Grade II* listed on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
At least in terms of perspective he is up there (Leica M8, Elmar 4/135 at F11). Hermes (or, Mercurius) is often claimed by the financial world and his statue put on top of business buildings. Thieves could claim him as well with some justification. Religiously, Hermes played a critical role (psychopomp) in guiding the dead into Hades (later completely outflanked by Christianity). But the "hermetic" tradition as a kind of esoteric knowledge about being, salvation and cosmos, has survived until today.
Species #1318
(Glaucidium californicum)
Special thanks to my friend Rick Evets for helping me to get this amazing predator.
The northern pygmy owl is a small owl native to western North America. Some taxonomic authorities, including the International Ornithologists' Union, separate this species from the mountain pygmy owl, the Baja pygmy owl, and the Guatemalan pygmy owl, while others, such as the American Ornithological Society, do not recognize the split and consider this bird conspecific with the group, with the northern pygmy owl taking the English name for them all. Furthermore, if the group is considered conspecific, G. gnoma becomes the scientific name because it is older. Clear differences in the territorial calls by males are the basis for the proposed split, with birds in the high elevations of Arizona and Mexico giving a two-note call while their more northerly congeners give a repeated single-note call. Results from DNA sequence comparisons of cytochrome-b have been weak and inconclusive despite being referenced repeatedly as a justification for taxonomic splitting.
Koenig, Weick and Becking. Owls: A Guide to the Owls of the World, 1999
Another re-edit of an old Harris favourite, and another slightly different frame chosen this time. Funny how our perceptions of the strongest image from a set change over time, and a good justification for my awful ability to delete images from my hard drive
Species #1318
(Glaucidium californicum)
Special thanks to my friend Rick Evets for helping me to get this amazing predator.
The northern pygmy owl is a small owl native to western North America. Some taxonomic authorities, including the International Ornithologists' Union, separate this species from the mountain pygmy owl, the Baja pygmy owl, and the Guatemalan pygmy owl, while others, such as the American Ornithological Society, do not recognize the split and consider this bird conspecific with the group, with the northern pygmy owl taking the English name for them all. Furthermore, if the group is considered conspecific, G. gnoma becomes the scientific name because it is older. Clear differences in the territorial calls by males are the basis for the proposed split, with birds in the high elevations of Arizona and Mexico giving a two-note call while their more northerly congeners give a repeated single-note call. Results from DNA sequence comparisons of cytochrome-b have been weak and inconclusive despite being referenced repeatedly as a justification for taxonomic splitting.
Koenig, Weick and Becking. Owls: A Guide to the Owls of the World, 1999
Porthmadog, Gwynedd ▪️Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 57,762 people and wounded 137,656. Nearly 70% of these are women and children. ▪️ The next step in the ethnic cleansing appears to be "humanitarian zones" (concentration camps) where Palestinians will be forced to go. "If you refuse to leave your home, where your family has lived for centuries, on land Israel occupies militarily but has no legal right to, Israel will kill you.
At Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence, the establishment of humanitarian zones will also proceed during any ceasefire, should one occur.
According to the plan, each Gazan entering the humanitarian zone will undergo inspection to ensure they carry no weapons and are not affiliated with Hamas. Consequently, those outside these zones will later be identified as Hamas terrorists, providing legal justification for their elimination." www.israelhayom.com/2025/07/10/report-israel-considering-...
Napoli ha cinquecento cupole e migliaia di edicole sacre (oltre ad una dedicata a Maradona, ovviamente): dai Quartieri Spagnoli al Porto, passando per il Centro Antico, questa antichissima usanza che unisce sacro e profano è ancora sotto gli occhi di tutti. L'origine antica, di derivazione romana, è nota, grazie anche ai reperti rinvenuti a Pompei.
A Napoli chiunque poteva realizzare un'edicola votiva sia esso un religioso o un cittadino e senza dare giustificazione a nessuno.
Al centro storico di Napoli, ma anche nella periferia il motivo che maggiormente accomuna molte edicole è senza dubbio ex voto per grazia ricevuta.
Naples has five hundred domes and thousands of sacred aedicules (as well as one dedicated to Maradona, obviously): from the Spanish Quarter to the Port, passing through the Ancient Centre, this very ancient custom that unites the sacred and the profane is still there for all to see. The ancient origin, of Roman origin, is known, thanks also to the finds found in Pompeii.
In Naples anyone could create a votive shrine, be they a religious person or a citizen, and without giving justification to anyone.
In the historic center of Naples, but also in the outskirts, the reason that most newsstands have in common is undoubtedly an ex voto for a grace received.
Silence is therefore important even in the life of faith and in our deepest encounter with God. We cannot always be talking, praying in words or keeping up a kind of devout background music. Much of our well-meant interior religious dialogue is, in fact, a smoke screen and an evasion. Much of it is simply self-reassurance and in the end is little better than self-justification. Instead of really meeting God in the nakedness of faith in which our inmost being is laid bare before Him, we act out an inner ritual that has not function but to allay anxiety.
-Thomas Merton, Learning to Love, 42
DMVW 5454 and 5501 are near the top of their climb out of the Missouri River Valley near Wilton, ND with the unit coal out of the Falkirk mine. This train, power and all, will be handed off to the BNSF in Bismarck for the rest of the trip to Spiritwood.
The coal near Falkirk is lignite, a soft and low carbon content coal, located in a seam about 65 ft below the surface. It is strip mined and brought to a power plant via haul trucks. The coal is loaded by DMVW crews at the plants' loader into bottom-dump hoppers with special fiberglass covers. The covers were installed to reduce coal dust blowing off while in transit. At Spiritwood, just east of Jamestown on the BNSF, the lignite is burned to produce electricity and process heat for ethanol production at a co-located plant. A similar setup also exists in Falkirk near the mine. These complexes are often called "energy parks". The combination with an ethanol plant was quite in vouge during the early 2000s when the federal government was providing big incentives for ethanol production via corn. I can think of a lot of plants in the Midwest that cropped up between 2000 and 2007.
The Spiritwood project began in 2007 with an expected completion date of 2010. It was also expected that DMVW would be cycling coal trains several times a week. To meet this, the railroad sized up and purchased 8 recently retired SD50Fs from CN in early 2009. This purchase would also allow them to phase out their aging fleet of ex SP GP20s and GP35s.
The plant was completed in 2011 but did not begin commercial operations until 3 years later in 2014. Based on my limited research, it seems the economic justification for the plant was not fully fleshed out when the project began; the electric capacity was not needed at the time and no one wanted the process heat. When the plant finally began commercial operations, the amount of coal it received was far below that initially projected. DMVW would refurbish and sell/lease two of their SD50Fs, 5404 and 5438, to Montana Limestone. 5451 would eventually be laid up, parted out, and scrapped, leaving the road with 5 SD50Fs.
In the early 2020s, Spiritwood's owner, Great River Energy, modified the plant to burn natural gas in addition to lignite. As far as I can tell, they burn whatever fuel is the cheaper on the wholesale energy generation market. Although presumably, they are contractually obligated to take a minimum amount of coal from the Falkirk mine. Based on my observations, at minimum that's about a train a month.
This afternoon was saved by my scanner combined with a good antenna. We were up in Max, twiddling our thumbs hoping CP would show up. The cloud deck was just above us and towards our east, which killed our desire to head further east to find the CP. While contemplating life and why the hell we were even doing this hobby, I heard some broken transmissions on the DMVW and surmised that they were running *something* south. We took the bait and lucked out with an afternoon chase of the unit coal train. Once you get to Wilton, their line is quite lack luster, imo. But I'm grateful to have put some shots under my belt with this op for the first time that year. My advice for any foamer: get yourself a good scanner and antenna, it's worth the money. It's saved me many times over throughout my railfanning career.
Justification of Red List category
This species has been uplisted to Critically Endangered because of indications that the overall rate of population decline is even greater than previously thought, and may have become extremely rapid during the past three generations (11 years).
These declines, which apparently began in the west of the breeding range, have since spread eastwards to affect the vast majority or even the entire population. Declines are believed to be driven primarily by trapping in its passage and non-breeding ranges. A programme of coordinated range-wide monitoring and action is badly needed to quantify the magnitude of the decline and reduce the impact of threats. If the rate of decline is subsequently found to be lower, the species must no longer be listed as Critically Endangered regardless of it continuing to be an extremely high priority for conservation action.
While doing a web ID on this I came across the website of Gravesham Borough Council Pest Control. According to them there is concern about this caterpillar because its irritant hairs are shed and may be blown in the wind and catch on washing hanging to dry or other articles in the garden, after which your skin may suffer irritation if it comes into contact with said articles. This is deemed to be a justification for seeking out the branches carrying the webs that they spin in which to hibernate, and removing and burning them. You are also encouraged to let your neighbours know they are present, and contact Regulatory Services.
It is an uncontested fact that insect numbers have reduced dramatically. A survey carried out in Germany on 63 protected areas shows that numbers have reduced by 75% in the last 27 years.
On dit souvent que « les goûts et les couleurs, ça ne se discute pas » parce que les goûts personnels et les préférences esthétiques ne se choisissent pas selon des critères rationnels objectifs.
Chaque individu a ses propres goûts qui sont subjectifs et indépendants de toute vérité ou logique. C’est donc inutile et vain d’essayer de convaincre quelqu’un que ses goûts sont bons ou mauvais, car il n’y a pas de raison absolue pour trancher sur ces questions. Cette expression, issue du latin médiéval « de gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum », souligne que les préférences personnelles sont essentiellement une question de ressenti individuel et d’affection, non de faits ou de vérité universelle .
En philosophie esthétique, cela se réfère au fait que le plaisir esthétique est fondé sur la sensation subjective (le « aïsthésis »), donc on ne peut pas se tromper sur un goût personnel, même s’il peut y avoir erreur sur une appréciation factuelle liée à cet objet. Par exemple, quelqu’un peut aimer une couleur ou un plat, mais on ne peut pas dire qu’il a « faux goût » parce que c’est une expérience personnelle.
C’est une liberté individuelle inscrite dans la nature humaine que chacun ait ses propres goûts, sans qu’il soit demandeur d’une discussion ou d’une justification rationnelle .
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It is often said that “there is no accounting for tastes and colors” because personal tastes and aesthetic preferences are not chosen according to objective rational criteria.
Each individual has their own tastes, which are subjective and independent of any truth or logic. Therefore, it is useless and futile to try to convince someone that their tastes are good or bad, since there is no absolute reason to settle such matters. This expression, originating from the medieval Latin phrase de gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum, emphasizes that personal preferences are essentially a matter of individual feeling and affection, not facts or universal truth.
In aesthetic philosophy, this refers to the fact that aesthetic pleasure is based on subjective sensation (the “aísthēsis”), so one cannot be mistaken about a personal taste, even though there may be an error in a factual judgment related to the object. For example, someone might like a certain color or a dish, but it cannot be said that they have “bad taste” because it is a personal experience.
t is an individual freedom inherent in human nature for everyone to have their own tastes, without the need for discussion or rational justification.
"If it´s just
It needs no justification
Apart from when being
misunderstood"
Carborundum print on collage, DM, Nov 2025
Built from the year 1025 to 1061, enlarged from around 1080 to 1106. In 1688 the French conquered Speyer and burned the whole city down, except of the cathedral. But a thunderstorm lit the embers anew and the western part of the cathedral was destroyed. The people of Speyer didn't care much and closed the rest of the cathedral with a wall. The west part was restored 1772–1778 but this time in baroque style. The troups of the French Revolution stole everything they could carry from inside the cathedral in 1794. In 1801 the cathedral became property of the French government. The French wanted to demolish the building in 1805. But the town council of Speyer refused to demolish the building with the justification, that they had not enough money. Therefore Napoléon I. gave the cathedral back to the Catholics of Speyer in 1806. In 1817 Speyer became German again and the cathedral was restored 1818–1822. 1854–1858 the baroque west part was restored in Neo-Romanesque style. The western front was decorated by Gottfried Renn (1818-1900).