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Jaguars at Edinburgh Zoo Edinburgh Zoo has two Jaguars, a male and a female. Mowgli, our male, was born in October 2004 and came to us in 2005 from Beauval Zoo, France. Mowgli has a black coat and is very bold and curious.
In June 2007 we received our female, Tina. Tina is a spotted jaguar, with a beautiful golden coat covered with “rosettes,” or groupings of black spots. Tina was being kept in a circus in Belgium, but was seized by customs because it was illegal for the circus to have her. Tina was assigned to Edinburgh Zoo so that she could become a part of the European breeding programme.
We believe Tina is between six and eight years old. Because she was overfed in her former home, she is overweight. Tina’s diet is now being monitored. She has already lost some weight and is on a gentle exercise regime that is incorporated into her training. The weight loss has to be done very slowly so her liver and kidneys are not affected. Tina is quiet but enjoys attention from her keepers. Our two jaguars will be kept apart until it is the right time for them to breed.
Where it can be found at Edinburgh ZooThe Jaguar enclosure is toward the north of the park, between the European wolf enclosure and the wolverine enclosure.
Jaguars in the wildJaguars (Panthera onca) were once found both in North and South America. However, habitat loss and persecution of this species has lowered its numbers almost to nonexistence in North America and much of its territory in South America. It can now mainly be found in the rain forests of the Amazon Basin.
The largest cat of the Americas, jaguars are stocky, muscular and very strong for their size. Male jaguars are generally 10 – 20 percent larger than females. Males typically weigh 125 – 210 lbs (55 – 95 kg), but larger males have been known to weigh up to 350 lbs (159 kg). The size and weight of these animals varies depending on location; jaguars in more northerly regions tend to be smaller, while those in more southerly regions are typically larger.
The jaguar’s spots provide very effective camouflage in its jungle habitat. This species also exhibits a condition known as melanism, which causes some jaguars to have a black coat. Melanism occurs in about 6 percent of the jaguar population. Black jaguars are sometimes also called “black panthers.” Jaguars resemble the leopards of Asia and Africa in appearance, but the jaguar is larger and sturdier.
Jaguars are excellent hunters, stalking and ambushing their prey rather than chasing it. Their muscular strength also makes them outstanding climbers and swimmers. The jaguar has an extremely strong bite, and often drags its kill long distances or even up a tree to keep it safe from other predators.
The number of jaguars in the wild is in decline. Some of the major threats to the jaguar include habitat loss from deforestation and habitat fragmentation throughout Latin America. Jaguars also suffer from human persecution; they compete with humans for prey animals, and are often shot for killing cattle. Commercial hunting of jaguars for the fur trade has declined drastically since protective programs like the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) were enacted the mid-1970s. However, jaguar teeth, claws, paws, and other products are still sought after in some countries.
Because of these and other threats, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed the jaguar as Near Threatened, with the likelihood of being listed as Vulnerable in the near future. This means that the jaguar will be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
Breeding programme category: ESB
IUCN Red List category: Near Threatened
Adopt a jaguar
A great way to support RZSS – buy it for yourself or as a gift for the animal lover in your life! Registered charity number: SC004064
Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park are owned by The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.
Edinburgh | Scotland | United Kingdom | EH12 6TS
Information from Edinburgh Zoo website :-
Jaguars (Panthera onca) were once found both in North and South America. However, habitat loss and persecution of this species has lowered its numbers almost to nonexistence in North America and much of its territory in South America. It can now mainly be found in the rain forests of the Amazon Basin.
The largest cat of the Americas, jaguars are stocky, muscular and very strong for their size. Male jaguars are generally 10 – 20 percent larger than females. Males typically weigh 125 – 210 lbs (55 – 95 kg), but larger males have been known to weigh up to 350 lbs (159 kg). The size and weight of these animals varies depending on location; jaguars in more northerly regions tend to be smaller, while those in more southerly regions are typically larger.
The jaguar’s spots provide very effective camouflage in its jungle habitat. This species also exhibits a condition known as melanism, which causes some jaguars to have a black coat. Melanism occurs in about 6 percent of the jaguar population. Black jaguars are sometimes also called “black panthers.” Jaguars resemble the leopards of Asia and Africa in appearance, but the jaguar is larger and sturdier.
Jaguars are excellent hunters, stalking and ambushing their prey rather than chasing it. Their muscular strength also makes them outstanding climbers and swimmers. The jaguar has an extremely strong bite, and often drags its kill long distances or even up a tree to keep it safe from other predators.
The number of jaguars in the wild is in decline. Some of the major threats to the jaguar include habitat loss from deforestation and habitat fragmentation throughout Latin America. Jaguars also suffer from human persecution; they compete with humans for prey animals, and are often shot for killing cattle. Commercial hunting of jaguars for the fur trade has declined drastically since protective programs like the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) were enacted the mid-1970s. However, jaguar teeth, claws, paws, and other products are still sought after in some countries.
Because of these and other threats, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed the jaguar as Near Threatened, with the likelihood of being listed as Vulnerable in the near future. This means that the jaguar will be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
Information from Edinburgh Zoo website :-
Jaguars (Panthera onca) were once found both in North and South America. However, habitat loss and persecution of this species has lowered its numbers almost to nonexistence in North America and much of its territory in South America. It can now mainly be found in the rain forests of the Amazon Basin.
The largest cat of the Americas, jaguars are stocky, muscular and very strong for their size. Male jaguars are generally 10 – 20 percent larger than females. Males typically weigh 125 – 210 lbs (55 – 95 kg), but larger males have been known to weigh up to 350 lbs (159 kg). The size and weight of these animals varies depending on location; jaguars in more northerly regions tend to be smaller, while those in more southerly regions are typically larger.
The jaguar’s spots provide very effective camouflage in its jungle habitat. This species also exhibits a condition known as melanism, which causes some jaguars to have a black coat. Melanism occurs in about 6 percent of the jaguar population. Black jaguars are sometimes also called “black panthers.” Jaguars resemble the leopards of Asia and Africa in appearance, but the jaguar is larger and sturdier.
Jaguars are excellent hunters, stalking and ambushing their prey rather than chasing it. Their muscular strength also makes them outstanding climbers and swimmers. The jaguar has an extremely strong bite, and often drags its kill long distances or even up a tree to keep it safe from other predators.
The number of jaguars in the wild is in decline. Some of the major threats to the jaguar include habitat loss from deforestation and habitat fragmentation throughout Latin America. Jaguars also suffer from human persecution; they compete with humans for prey animals, and are often shot for killing cattle. Commercial hunting of jaguars for the fur trade has declined drastically since protective programs like the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) were enacted the mid-1970s. However, jaguar teeth, claws, paws, and other products are still sought after in some countries.
Because of these and other threats, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed the jaguar as Near Threatened, with the likelihood of being listed as Vulnerable in the near future. This means that the jaguar will be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
Its a Friday and this schoolgirl is finished for the day and is waiting for the 7.30 train home, relaxing, reading her manga. The pressures at school can be immense while students at university have it relatively easy.
Japan is infamous for its high rate of suicides. Experts in Japan were puzzled when the suicide rate jumped in 1998 from 24,391 to 32,863 - a 35 per cent rise - and the annual figure has continued to stay above 30,000. Two theories have been put forward by the media: bullying at school and netto shinju - online suicide pacts.
Information from Edinburgh Zoo website :-
Jaguars (Panthera onca) were once found both in North and South America. However, habitat loss and persecution of this species has lowered its numbers almost to nonexistence in North America and much of its territory in South America. It can now mainly be found in the rain forests of the Amazon Basin.
The largest cat of the Americas, jaguars are stocky, muscular and very strong for their size. Male jaguars are generally 10 – 20 percent larger than females. Males typically weigh 125 – 210 lbs (55 – 95 kg), but larger males have been known to weigh up to 350 lbs (159 kg). The size and weight of these animals varies depending on location; jaguars in more northerly regions tend to be smaller, while those in more southerly regions are typically larger.
The jaguar’s spots provide very effective camouflage in its jungle habitat. This species also exhibits a condition known as melanism, which causes some jaguars to have a black coat. Melanism occurs in about 6 percent of the jaguar population. Black jaguars are sometimes also called “black panthers.” Jaguars resemble the leopards of Asia and Africa in appearance, but the jaguar is larger and sturdier.
Jaguars are excellent hunters, stalking and ambushing their prey rather than chasing it. Their muscular strength also makes them outstanding climbers and swimmers. The jaguar has an extremely strong bite, and often drags its kill long distances or even up a tree to keep it safe from other predators.
The number of jaguars in the wild is in decline. Some of the major threats to the jaguar include habitat loss from deforestation and habitat fragmentation throughout Latin America. Jaguars also suffer from human persecution; they compete with humans for prey animals, and are often shot for killing cattle. Commercial hunting of jaguars for the fur trade has declined drastically since protective programs like the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) were enacted the mid-1970s. However, jaguar teeth, claws, paws, and other products are still sought after in some countries.
Because of these and other threats, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed the jaguar as Near Threatened, with the likelihood of being listed as Vulnerable in the near future. This means that the jaguar will be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
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I find it extremely odd that don't we all know, beyond the shadow of any doubt, that every single second that passes by means that we are moving closer to our own nonexistence. We don't know for sure when that moment when we cease to inhibit this mind-body construct, but it will be here for sure. Yet, it baffles me how we spend each and single one of these precious moments in pitiful, insignificant, and childish activities. We keep collecting baggage that stuffed with trivial and petty squabbles, constantly hurting one another, spreading miseries and negativity to people around us. Don't we all know that no matter what we accumulate or achieve, it's gonna be all taken away from us sooner or later?
I mean if we all know that this party is going to be over one way or another, none of us gonna make it out of here, isn't it more logical and reasonable to spread peace and love around? Should we help one another and make this journey a meaningful and significant one? Wouldn't it be nice the very last moment before we draw our last breath, at that moment when we are all alone and can't do a single thing anymore, that we can have peace and love in our heart, and have a flashback of a life well-lived without any regrets?
I feel like I'm losing some screws in my head or I'm left out of a secret of everyone else know that I don't, because every day I make conscious effort to truly make this life a happy and enjoyable one for people around me and myself, but most people somehow have a better time fighting and hurting each other, and proudly announcing to the World all the negativity and ugliness they can muster up and ask others to join them,,,
In the end, I can only stay true to how I feel. I can't spend my limited time as this character in this lifetime to infect others with negativity and suffering. I have only my own conscience to answer to, and I don't want to be tortured by my own regrets.
Kanmangafuchi Abyss, Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture 321-1415, Japan
A set inspired by Sartre's existential conclusion that the consequence of God's nonexistence leads to an ongoing experience of anguish, forlornness, and despair.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1
Panasonic Lumix G Vario 20mm/1.7
1/3200 sec. at f/1.7, ISO 100
April 2011
Philadelphia’s placement of its adult venues is a curious
one. It is right on one of the largest streets of the city and it is in no way
subtle as to the contents inside. It is even close to the rail hub that is 30th
streets, from which many a tourist will disembark. If nothing else, it speaks
to the freedom with which the sexuality of women is regarded and the relative
nonexistence of taboos dealing with the placement of such shops (or is it theaters?).
Attitudes towards the sexuality of women can act as a
barometer for how far a society’s influence has spread. The vastly different role
that women play in places such as Iran and Saudi Arabia, compared to those
roles played in places such as France and the United States, shows that while
globalization is a powerful force, it has not been able to eradicate all
cultural and traditional values. On the other hand, women in Burkas in
Philadelphia are not an uncommon sight, and provide an example of cultural
influence working from the East to the West.
Jaguars at Edinburgh ZooEdinburgh Zoo has two Jaguars, a male and a female. Mowgli, our male, was born in October 2004 and came to us in 2005 from Beauval Zoo, France. Mowgli has a black coat and is very bold and curious.
In June 2007 we received our female, Tina. Tina is a spotted jaguar, with a beautiful golden coat covered with “rosettes,” or groupings of black spots. Tina was being kept in a circus in Belgium, but was seized by customs because it was illegal for the circus to have her. Tina was assigned to Edinburgh Zoo so that she could become a part of the European breeding programme.
We believe Tina is between six and eight years old. Because she was overfed in her former home, she is overweight. Tina’s diet is now being monitored. She has already lost some weight and is on a gentle exercise regime that is incorporated into her training. The weight loss has to be done very slowly so her liver and kidneys are not affected. Tina is quiet but enjoys attention from her keepers. Our two jaguars will be kept apart until it is the right time for them to breed.
Where it can be found at Edinburgh ZooThe Jaguar enclosure is toward the north of the park, between the European wolf enclosure and the wolverine enclosure.
Jaguars in the wildJaguars (Panthera onca) were once found both in North and South America. However, habitat loss and persecution of this species has lowered its numbers almost to nonexistence in North America and much of its territory in South America. It can now mainly be found in the rain forests of the Amazon Basin.
The largest cat of the Americas, jaguars are stocky, muscular and very strong for their size. Male jaguars are generally 10 – 20 percent larger than females. Males typically weigh 125 – 210 lbs (55 – 95 kg), but larger males have been known to weigh up to 350 lbs (159 kg). The size and weight of these animals varies depending on location; jaguars in more northerly regions tend to be smaller, while those in more southerly regions are typically larger.
The jaguar’s spots provide very effective camouflage in its jungle habitat. This species also exhibits a condition known as melanism, which causes some jaguars to have a black coat. Melanism occurs in about 6 percent of the jaguar population. Black jaguars are sometimes also called “black panthers.” Jaguars resemble the leopards of Asia and Africa in appearance, but the jaguar is larger and sturdier.
Jaguars are excellent hunters, stalking and ambushing their prey rather than chasing it. Their muscular strength also makes them outstanding climbers and swimmers. The jaguar has an extremely strong bite, and often drags its kill long distances or even up a tree to keep it safe from other predators.
The number of jaguars in the wild is in decline. Some of the major threats to the jaguar include habitat loss from deforestation and habitat fragmentation throughout Latin America. Jaguars also suffer from human persecution; they compete with humans for prey animals, and are often shot for killing cattle. Commercial hunting of jaguars for the fur trade has declined drastically since protective programs like the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) were enacted the mid-1970s. However, jaguar teeth, claws, paws, and other products are still sought after in some countries.
Because of these and other threats, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed the jaguar as Near Threatened, with the likelihood of being listed as Vulnerable in the near future. This means that the jaguar will be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
Breeding programme category: ESB
IUCN Red List category: Near Threatened
Adopt a jaguar
A great way to support RZSS – buy it for yourself or as a gift for the animal lover in your life! Registered charity number: SC004064
Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park are owned by The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.
Edinburgh | Scotland | United Kingdom | EH12 6TS
Oil on raw canvas
Part of a series dealing with cancer, specifically following women in the balding stage due to chemotherapy. This series deals with the radical acceptance and courage in dealing with and overcoming fears--little or big (losing hair, the stripping of our "identity" physically and emotionally, vulnerability, the deeper fear of nonexistence, impermanence, the unknown, etc.). this series is less about death, and more about life, living it to the fullest while we can. My art is hugely inspired by the spiritual poet Rumi, as a child watching my mom battle (and unfortunately lose) to cancer, and the many stories I have researched/witnessed and heard from/of women battling cancer and facing their fears. Cancer and the possibility of a shorter life can really put all the other little fears to a halt and I admire that understanding--that it is obtainable without ever personally experiencing cancer/illness. This is an ongoing series as I am also learning and working through many of my fears in the process of painting these women and growing from doing so.
Widely regarded as the first pizzeria in Naples, this cozy spot on the Via Port'Alba was our seventh stop. As they had just opened for dinner we were the first patrons to stop by and were greeted quite warmly by the staff despite our poor attempts at Italian. Varasano has this place ranked at number 7 on the top ten.
The crust was very good, nicely balanced amount of char, very light and airy with a wonderful springy crust. The sauce, however, was the major downfall of this pie. Probably one of, if not the, worst sauce we had- no discernible tang, lacking that trademark Neapolitan freshness, and overall pretty bland. The fior di latte, however, was quite good and possibly one of the better (despite the odd stringy presentation on the pie). It had a nice zesty flavor in addition to the standard creamy finish and was less watery than many of the other cheeses we tried. The olive oil was also delicious with a fresh fruity flavor. Possibly partly due to the bland sauce, this was one of the only places where the olive oil had a pronounced flavor. The other major drawback to the pie was the virtual nonexistence of basil. As mentioned the owner and waitstaff were very friendly to us and tried to chat with us in English as our Italian was so poor.
Overall Port'Alba was very good, and with a better sauce and more basil could have been great. However, in my mind those were big deductions considering the narrow degree of variation among the pizzerias in Naples. As such, I ranked Port'Alba at #6 while George gave them the nod as #5.
Edinburgh Zoo has two Jaguars, a male and a female. Mowgli, our male, was born in October 2004 and came to us in 2005 from Beauval Zoo, France. Mowgli has a black coat and is very bold and curious.
In June 2007 we received our female, Tina. Tina is a spotted jaguar, with a beautiful golden coat covered with “rosettes,” or groupings of black spots. Tina was being kept in a circus in Belgium, but was seized by customs because it was illegal for the circus to have her. Tina was assigned to Edinburgh Zoo so that she could become a part of the European breeding programme.
We believe Tina is between six and eight years old. Because she was overfed in her former home, she is overweight. Tina’s diet is now being monitored. She has already lost some weight and is on a gentle exercise regime that is incorporated into her training. The weight loss has to be done very slowly so her liver and kidneys are not affected. Tina is quiet but enjoys attention from her keepers. Our two jaguars will be kept apart until it is the right time for them to breed.
Where it can be found at Edinburgh ZooThe Jaguar enclosure is toward the north of the park, between the European wolf enclosure and the wolverine enclosure.
Jaguars in the wildJaguars (Panthera onca) were once found both in North and South America. However, habitat loss and persecution of this species has lowered its numbers almost to nonexistence in North America and much of its territory in South America. It can now mainly be found in the rain forests of the Amazon Basin.
The largest cat of the Americas, jaguars are stocky, muscular and very strong for their size. Male jaguars are generally 10 – 20 percent larger than females. Males typically weigh 125 – 210 lbs (55 – 95 kg), but larger males have been known to weigh up to 350 lbs (159 kg). The size and weight of these animals varies depending on location; jaguars in more northerly regions tend to be smaller, while those in more southerly regions are typically larger.
The jaguar’s spots provide very effective camouflage in its jungle habitat. This species also exhibits a condition known as melanism, which causes some jaguars to have a black coat. Melanism occurs in about 6 percent of the jaguar population. Black jaguars are sometimes also called “black panthers.” Jaguars resemble the leopards of Asia and Africa in appearance, but the jaguar is larger and sturdier.
Jaguars are excellent hunters, stalking and ambushing their prey rather than chasing it. Their muscular strength also makes them outstanding climbers and swimmers. The jaguar has an extremely strong bite, and often drags its kill long distances or even up a tree to keep it safe from other predators.
The number of jaguars in the wild is in decline. Some of the major threats to the jaguar include habitat loss from deforestation and habitat fragmentation throughout Latin America. Jaguars also suffer from human persecution; they compete with humans for prey animals, and are often shot for killing cattle. Commercial hunting of jaguars for the fur trade has declined drastically since protective programs like the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) were enacted the mid-1970s. However, jaguar teeth, claws, paws, and other products are still sought after in some countries.
Because of these and other threats, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed the jaguar as Near Threatened, with the likelihood of being listed as Vulnerable in the near future. This means that the jaguar will be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
Breeding programme category: ESB
IUCN Red List category: Near Threatened
Adopt a jaguar
A great way to support RZSS – buy it for yourself or as a gift for the animal lover in your life! Registered charity number: SC004064
Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park are owned by The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.
Edinburgh | Scotland | United Kingdom | EH12 6TS
Jaguars at Edinburgh ZooEdinburgh Zoo has two Jaguars, a male and a female. Mowgli, our male, was born in October 2004 and came to us in 2005 from Beauval Zoo, France. Mowgli has a black coat and is very bold and curious.
In June 2007 we received our female, Tina. Tina is a spotted jaguar, with a beautiful golden coat covered with “rosettes,” or groupings of black spots. Tina was being kept in a circus in Belgium, but was seized by customs because it was illegal for the circus to have her. Tina was assigned to Edinburgh Zoo so that she could become a part of the European breeding programme.
We believe Tina is between six and eight years old. Because she was overfed in her former home, she is overweight. Tina’s diet is now being monitored. She has already lost some weight and is on a gentle exercise regime that is incorporated into her training. The weight loss has to be done very slowly so her liver and kidneys are not affected. Tina is quiet but enjoys attention from her keepers. Our two jaguars will be kept apart until it is the right time for them to breed.
Where it can be found at Edinburgh ZooThe Jaguar enclosure is toward the north of the park, between the European wolf enclosure and the wolverine enclosure.
Jaguars in the wildJaguars (Panthera onca) were once found both in North and South America. However, habitat loss and persecution of this species has lowered its numbers almost to nonexistence in North America and much of its territory in South America. It can now mainly be found in the rain forests of the Amazon Basin.
The largest cat of the Americas, jaguars are stocky, muscular and very strong for their size. Male jaguars are generally 10 – 20 percent larger than females. Males typically weigh 125 – 210 lbs (55 – 95 kg), but larger males have been known to weigh up to 350 lbs (159 kg). The size and weight of these animals varies depending on location; jaguars in more northerly regions tend to be smaller, while those in more southerly regions are typically larger.
The jaguar’s spots provide very effective camouflage in its jungle habitat. This species also exhibits a condition known as melanism, which causes some jaguars to have a black coat. Melanism occurs in about 6 percent of the jaguar population. Black jaguars are sometimes also called “black panthers.” Jaguars resemble the leopards of Asia and Africa in appearance, but the jaguar is larger and sturdier.
Jaguars are excellent hunters, stalking and ambushing their prey rather than chasing it. Their muscular strength also makes them outstanding climbers and swimmers. The jaguar has an extremely strong bite, and often drags its kill long distances or even up a tree to keep it safe from other predators.
The number of jaguars in the wild is in decline. Some of the major threats to the jaguar include habitat loss from deforestation and habitat fragmentation throughout Latin America. Jaguars also suffer from human persecution; they compete with humans for prey animals, and are often shot for killing cattle. Commercial hunting of jaguars for the fur trade has declined drastically since protective programs like the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) were enacted the mid-1970s. However, jaguar teeth, claws, paws, and other products are still sought after in some countries.
Because of these and other threats, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed the jaguar as Near Threatened, with the likelihood of being listed as Vulnerable in the near future. This means that the jaguar will be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
Breeding programme category: ESB
IUCN Red List category: Near Threatened
Jaguars at Edinburgh ZooEdinburgh Zoo has two Jaguars, a male and a female. Mowgli, our male, was born in October 2004 and came to us in 2005 from Beauval Zoo, France. Mowgli has a black coat and is very bold and curious.
In June 2007 we received our female, Tina. Tina is a spotted jaguar, with a beautiful golden coat covered with “rosettes,” or groupings of black spots. Tina was being kept in a circus in Belgium, but was seized by customs because it was illegal for the circus to have her. Tina was assigned to Edinburgh Zoo so that she could become a part of the European breeding programme.
We believe Tina is between six and eight years old. Because she was overfed in her former home, she is overweight. Tina’s diet is now being monitored. She has already lost some weight and is on a gentle exercise regime that is incorporated into her training. The weight loss has to be done very slowly so her liver and kidneys are not affected. Tina is quiet but enjoys attention from her keepers. Our two jaguars will be kept apart until it is the right time for them to breed.
Where it can be found at Edinburgh ZooThe Jaguar enclosure is toward the north of the park, between the European wolf enclosure and the wolverine enclosure.
Jaguars in the wildJaguars (Panthera onca) were once found both in North and South America. However, habitat loss and persecution of this species has lowered its numbers almost to nonexistence in North America and much of its territory in South America. It can now mainly be found in the rain forests of the Amazon Basin.
The largest cat of the Americas, jaguars are stocky, muscular and very strong for their size. Male jaguars are generally 10 – 20 percent larger than females. Males typically weigh 125 – 210 lbs (55 – 95 kg), but larger males have been known to weigh up to 350 lbs (159 kg). The size and weight of these animals varies depending on location; jaguars in more northerly regions tend to be smaller, while those in more southerly regions are typically larger.
The jaguar’s spots provide very effective camouflage in its jungle habitat. This species also exhibits a condition known as melanism, which causes some jaguars to have a black coat. Melanism occurs in about 6 percent of the jaguar population. Black jaguars are sometimes also called “black panthers.” Jaguars resemble the leopards of Asia and Africa in appearance, but the jaguar is larger and sturdier.
Jaguars are excellent hunters, stalking and ambushing their prey rather than chasing it. Their muscular strength also makes them outstanding climbers and swimmers. The jaguar has an extremely strong bite, and often drags its kill long distances or even up a tree to keep it safe from other predators.
The number of jaguars in the wild is in decline. Some of the major threats to the jaguar include habitat loss from deforestation and habitat fragmentation throughout Latin America. Jaguars also suffer from human persecution; they compete with humans for prey animals, and are often shot for killing cattle. Commercial hunting of jaguars for the fur trade has declined drastically since protective programs like the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) were enacted the mid-1970s. However, jaguar teeth, claws, paws, and other products are still sought after in some countries.
Because of these and other threats, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed the jaguar as Near Threatened, with the likelihood of being listed as Vulnerable in the near future. This means that the jaguar will be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
Breeding programme category: ESB
IUCN Red List category: Near Threatened
Adopt a jaguar
A great way to support RZSS – buy it for yourself or as a gift for the animal lover in your life! Registered charity number: SC004064
Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park are owned by The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.
Edinburgh | Scotland | United Kingdom | EH12 6TS
Edinburgh Zoo has two Jaguars, a male and a female. Mowgli, our male, was born in October 2004 and came to us in 2005 from Beauval Zoo, France. Mowgli has a black coat and is very bold and curious.
In June 2007 we received our female, Tina. Tina is a spotted jaguar, with a beautiful golden coat covered with “rosettes,” or groupings of black spots. Tina was being kept in a circus in Belgium, but was seized by customs because it was illegal for the circus to have her. Tina was assigned to Edinburgh Zoo so that she could become a part of the European breeding programme.
We believe Tina is between six and eight years old. Because she was overfed in her former home, she is overweight. Tina’s diet is now being monitored. She has already lost some weight and is on a gentle exercise regime that is incorporated into her training. The weight loss has to be done very slowly so her liver and kidneys are not affected. Tina is quiet but enjoys attention from her keepers. Our two jaguars will be kept apart until it is the right time for them to breed.
Where it can be found at Edinburgh ZooThe Jaguar enclosure is toward the north of the park, between the European wolf enclosure and the wolverine enclosure.
Jaguars in the wildJaguars (Panthera onca) were once found both in North and South America. However, habitat loss and persecution of this species has lowered its numbers almost to nonexistence in North America and much of its territory in South America. It can now mainly be found in the rain forests of the Amazon Basin.
The largest cat of the Americas, jaguars are stocky, muscular and very strong for their size. Male jaguars are generally 10 – 20 percent larger than females. Males typically weigh 125 – 210 lbs (55 – 95 kg), but larger males have been known to weigh up to 350 lbs (159 kg). The size and weight of these animals varies depending on location; jaguars in more northerly regions tend to be smaller, while those in more southerly regions are typically larger.
The jaguar’s spots provide very effective camouflage in its jungle habitat. This species also exhibits a condition known as melanism, which causes some jaguars to have a black coat. Melanism occurs in about 6 percent of the jaguar population. Black jaguars are sometimes also called “black panthers.” Jaguars resemble the leopards of Asia and Africa in appearance, but the jaguar is larger and sturdier.
Jaguars are excellent hunters, stalking and ambushing their prey rather than chasing it. Their muscular strength also makes them outstanding climbers and swimmers. The jaguar has an extremely strong bite, and often drags its kill long distances or even up a tree to keep it safe from other predators.
The number of jaguars in the wild is in decline. Some of the major threats to the jaguar include habitat loss from deforestation and habitat fragmentation throughout Latin America. Jaguars also suffer from human persecution; they compete with humans for prey animals, and are often shot for killing cattle. Commercial hunting of jaguars for the fur trade has declined drastically since protective programs like the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) were enacted the mid-1970s. However, jaguar teeth, claws, paws, and other products are still sought after in some countries.
Because of these and other threats, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed the jaguar as Near Threatened, with the likelihood of being listed as Vulnerable in the near future. This means that the jaguar will be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
Breeding programme category: ESB
IUCN Red List category: Near Threatened
Adopt a jaguar
A great way to support RZSS – buy it for yourself or as a gift for the animal lover in your life! Registered charity number: SC004064
Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park are owned by The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.
Edinburgh | Scotland | United Kingdom | EH12 6TS
Usually when we talk about energy, we are refering to an ongoing source of power, something that is able to generate power, such as an electric generator. In a similar manner, when we speak of an energetic person, we usually mean a vigorous person, someone who possesses enormous energy. When we are around such a person, we feel there is a bank of energy happening. That person works so hard that we feel guilty being idle around him or her. We feel that we should do something too, and we begin to work very hard. Then no one can say that we have been bad boys and girls, that we haven't done our chores, washed the dishes or ironed the sheets. Because we feel that person's enormous energy, we begin to perk up, and we stop being idle. We begin to take part in the energy.
Then there is another kind of energy, which is self-existing. Self-existing energy is not dependant on something or somebody else; it simply takes place continuously. Although the source of such energy is difficult to track down, it is universal and all-pervasive. It happens by itself, naturally. It is based on enthusiasm in the sense that we trust what we are doing, and freedom in the sense that we are completely certain that we are not going to be imprisoned by our own energy, but instead, freed constantly. In other words, we realise that such energy does come up by itself, and that we can work with it. This self-existing energy is the potentiality of siddhi, a Sanskrit word that refers to the ability to use the existing energies of the universe in a very special and appropriate way.
Self-existing energy is difficult to describe in words or concepts. When we try to describe this pattern of energy, we are only fingerpainting. Basically, it is the energy of the psychological realm. No matter what state of mind we are in, we experience a particular quality of life, that is, we experience an emotion. We begin to feel an electric spark taking place. That energy can come out of having a quarrel with our wife or out of having a severe accident or a love affair. It comes out of being either rejected or accepted.
This energy is created both when we fail to do something and when we accomplish something. Rejection or acceptance by the world does not mean that the energy is either invalid or valid. Rather, there is transparent energy happening all the time. Whether we are in a appropriate situation, in accordance with the laws of the universe, or we are in a inappropriate situation, not in accordance with the laws of the universe, energy is constantly taking place. This energy, from the vajrayana or tantric point of view, is simply the energy that exists. It does not mean being hard-working or extremely industrious, always doing things, being a busybody, or anything like that. This energy can come from all kinds of challenges, in the positive or negative sense. Such energy takes place constantly.
Self-existing energy permeats all of our emotional relationships: our emotions towards our relatives, our lovers, our friends, and our enemies. It also permeats our philosophical beliefs: either something is happening "right" according to our beliefs, or something has gone "wrong" according to our beliefs. Some situations try to dislodge us from our philosophical or religious commitments, and some situations try to draw us into certain commitments. All kinds of energies take place. So when we talk about energy, we are not talikng about vigor alone but about that which exists in our lives. It is as though flint and steel were rubbing against each other and sparking constantly, again and again. That is, the phenomenal world exists, and we either rub against it or with it, and that rubbing is constantly creating a spark.
According to the tantric understanding of reality, energy is related to the experience of duality, the experience that you exist and others exist. Of course, both those concepts are false, but who cares about that? -- at the time, anyway.The deceptive existence of you and other rubs together, nevertheless. Sometimes you are conquering the world and sometimes the world is conquering you. It is like riding on a balloon in the ocean: sometimes the balloon rides on you and you are underneath the ocean; sometimes you ride on the balloon and the balloon is underneath the ocean. That play of duality takes play constantly; that kind of electricity takes place all the time.
So the basic notion of energy is nothing particularly magical or miraculous. It is simply rubbing together of the duality of you and the phenomenal world, you and other. We are talking about that spark, that fire. It is real fire, real water, real earth, and real air: the real elements are working with you. Still, at this point we have no idea who you are, actually. Let's just say we are talking about the basic you. Let's leave it vague at this point; otherwise it is going to get too complicated. Just leave it at you, this vague stuff that exists somewhere or other in the middle of the cosmos.
At this point the question arises of how we can handle, or utilize, such energy. In fact, that has been a question for a long, long time. For 2,500 years the same question has been asked: how can we handle self-existing energy; how can we work with it? Fundamentally, that question is the question of how to handle duality, or the basic split.
The split between self and other is taking place constantly, constantly creating energy, and we are always trying to work with it. Our approach is usually to try to unify the split in order to avoid the energy. We may say, "I am a good man; I am a bad man; I am Joe; I am Mary". In doing so, we are trying to bring self and other together in a superficial sense, as if no energy existed at all, as though everything were going smoothly: "There is nothing to worry about; everything's going to be okay. I am Mary, and that's smooth. There is no gap between I and am and Mary at all". Or we try to avoid the split by refusing to say "I am". Instead we might say, "My name is Mary." Still we have a problem. That approach of smoothing things out and trying to make everything presentable and respectable brings enormous problems, enormous questions. In fact, instead of getting rid of the energy, it raises further energy.
The attempt to define who we are and who we are not is basically split into two approaches: the theistic approach and the nontheistic approach. In the nontheistic approach we simply acknowledge the dualistic gap rather than trying to unify it or conceal it. In the theistic approach, there is an ongoing attempt to conceal that gap completely. There is a notion of spiritual democracy. In fact, that approach is often used in dealing with political and social problems: "Blacks are not against whites -- we are all the same species. Since we all live on the same earth, we should regard ourselves as a brotherhood".
That approach of covering up of separateness, pretending that the black man is a white man, is the cause of all kinds of problems; but the theistic approach can go much further than that, to the point of covering up any differences: "Let us have real unity. We can conceal this problem. We can iron it out completely, like a cloth. Let us work in such a way that when we have ironed our sheet we can even conceal seams. In fact, we can make the whole sheet seem to be made out of one big cloth. God is in us and we are God. It's all one, so don't worry".
Another way to cover the gap is to try to eliminate discomfort. The modern world has provided us with all sorts of conviniences: television, beautiful parents, lots of toys to play with, automobiles, and so on. There are notices everywhere offering entertainment and telling us how to handle ourselves. Even while we are flyingin an airplane, we have food to entertain us. The world has provided all kinds of entertainment to make us feel better, to make sure that we do not feel bad or lonely. When we board an airplane, the stewardess says, "Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. I hope you have a comfortable flight. Call us if you need any help". That is a theistic remark, and such remarks occur all the time.
On the other hand, we could act without guidelines. This possibility may be completely unappealing to people who are used to their luxury. Nevertheless, it is a very thruthful way to relate with things, and there is no room for deception. In this approach there is no hospitality; we have to provide our own hospitality. We have to work on ourselves. We are provided with kits, K-rations, booklets, and our own parachutes, and off we go.If we land on the top of a tree, we try to make the best of it; if we land in a gorge, we try to make the best of it. That is the nontheistic lifestyle: we can't do everything for one another. We have to make do for ourselves. We have to learn how to live with nature. So the nontheistic tradition is much harsher than the theistic tradition. It is very skeptical, unyielding, and somewhat outrageous.
We are not comparing Eastern and Western philosophies here, but theistic and nontheistic traditions, wherever they occur. We might hypothesize that Easterners think in a different way than Westerners, and that Eastern philosophy expresses this different style of thought. But philosophy is not that neatly divided into East and West. The basic thinking processes of the East and the West are the same. The only difference that exists is between the thinking style of ego and nonego. Failing to acknowledge that difference in style becomes a tremendous problem.
The standard approach to ecumenicism is to try to pretend that theism and nontheism are not different. But this is another theistic attempt to conceal the discomfort or the energy that comes from experiencing duality. We should be aware that differences exist. Then true ecumenicism, or continuity, can come about Because of the differences.
In comparing theism and nontheism, we are discussing different approaches to separateness. In the theistic approach, we know that things are separate, but since we don't like it, we feel we should Do something about it. We don't like the separateness; so we try to overcome it to the best of our ability, and that becomes an enormous problem. In the nontheistic approach, we also know that things are separate; therefore things are unified. Things are different, but that is not regarded as a problem. Fire is hot and water is cold, but still they can co-exist. Fire can boil water, changing it into steam, and water can kill fire. We should not be embarrassed about the functions of the universe.
We are still talking about energy -- energy and reality. And we are concerned with what actual reality is. Is reality a gap, a crack, or is reality a big sheet of cloth, all-pervasive. In the nontheistic tradition of Buddhist tantra, when we begin to have a relationship with the world, we do not try to make sure that the world is part of us. In fact, the question of separation does not come up at all. According to the nontheistic tradition, we do not believe ourselves to be creatures. We are some kind of being -- or nonbeing, for that matter -- but we were never created, and therefore we are not particularly creatures. Nevertheless, there is a sense of continuity, without hysteria, without panic, without any congratulatory remarks or attempts to smooth things out. The world exists and we exist. We and the world are separate from that point of view -- but so what? We could regard the separateness as part of the continuity rather than trying to deny it.
In the nontheistic approach, there is continuity, openness, and oneness -- but in the sense of zeroness rather than even oneness. The nonexistence of a dualistic barrier does not quite mean that we are one, but that we are zero. Nontheism is the basis for understanding that. Tantra is continuity, so the thread of tantra runs through our life from beginning to end. In a sense, the beginning is part of the end, so a complete circle, or mandala, is formed. The beginning is the beginning of the end, and the end is the beginning of the beginning. That continuity is tantra. It is the continuous thread of openness that we could experience throughout our lives. Because of that, whatever sense perceptions or realms of experience come up, we can work through them.
From this point of view energy is very simple, extremely simple: energy is separate from you; therefore, energy is part of you. Without You separateness cannot exist. That is the dichotomy in Buddhist logic: you have form; therefore you do not have form. You cannot have form if you do not have formlessness, if you do not acknowledge or perceive formlessness. In the same way, you exist Because you do not exist. Such riddles are regarded by Buddhists as the truth.
According to the tantric tradition of nontheism, energy is vital and important. Of course, in this approach we are viewing the world purely as a psychological process: if we do not have mind, we do not exist. The world comes out of our mind; it is created by our mind. From that point of view, working with energy, or developing siddhi, means that we do not have to depend on feedback but that we relate with life as straightforwardly and directly as possible. We relate directly to our domestic world, our enemies, our friends, our relatives, business partners, policemen, the government, or whatever happens in our life. We relate directly with energy as much as possible.
We are not talking about centralizing energy within ourselves, making ourselves into little atom bombs and then exploding. Working with energy in a tantric sense is a decentralized process. That is very important point. We are talking about energy as something spreading, opening. Energy becomes all-pervasive. It is all and everywhere. If we centralize energy in ourselves, we are asking for trouble. We will find that we become like baby snakes who are vicious and angry but still very small. Or we may find that we are like extremely passionate, horny little baby peacocks. So it is important to remember that, in Buddhist tantra, energy is openness and all-pervasiveness. It is constantly expanding. It is decentralized energy, a sense of flood, ocean, outer space, the light of the sun and moon.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA / Journey without Goal / Shambhala Publications
An extraordinary monumentally proportioned 1794 map of North American by Governor Pownell. Issued shortly after the end of the American Revolutionary War, this map details the newly formed United States, the British dominions in Canada, the French territory of Louisiana, the West Indies, and Spanish holdings in Mexico, Florida, and Central America. As one might expect from a map of this size the detail throughout is extraordinary. All text is in English. We begin our examination of this map in the newly formed post colonial United States. The United States at this time extended from the Pacific to the Mississippi River and from Georgia to the Great Lakes and Maine. The early state boundaries roughly conform to their original colonial charters. Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina are drawn with indefinite western borders, suggesting claims to further unexplored land beyond the Appellation Mountains. By this time most of the boundary issues in the New England states had been resolved, though there remained some vagaries regarding the Massachusetts Connecticut border and, though Vermont is noted textually, its boundaries are not drawn in. At this time there were also some unresolved issues regarding the national borders between Maine and Nova Scotia. In Pennsylvania, the western border displays some surveying confusions that would not be resolved until the early 1800s and the creation of Ohio. It is beyond the old colonial centers where this map really gets interesting. Pownall offers copious notations on the lands and territories between the Appellation range and this Mississippi River. In some cases he offers commentary on the various indigenous tribes including the Creeks, Chickasaws, Chocktaws, Senekas, Eriez, Delawares, Shawnee, Iroquois, Algonquians, Ottawas and others. The cartographer was clearly concerned with the development of these western regions and offers copious commentary on fit sites for factories, the alliances and temperaments of tribes, and the navigability of various river systems, particularly the Mississippi and Ohio. The Great Lakes are mapped with considerable accuracy though several apocryphal islands do appear in Lake Superior. The most notable of these are Phelipeaux and Pontchartrain. Phelipeaux Island first appeared in French maps of this region in the 1740s. Later it was mentioned as a boundary marker in the 1783 Treaty of Paris which ended the American Revolutionary War. The nonexistence of these islands was not conclusively proven until about 1820. To the west of the Mississippi we pass into the largely unknown lands of the Great Plains. In what is roughly modern day Missouri, between Memphis and St. Louis, there is an interesting note suggesting that this region is Full of Mines, with a secondary note suggesting that these mines gave rise to the Mississippi Scheme of 1719. This refers to the Mississippi Company ( Compagnie du Mississippi ) or, as it was more commonly known the Indies Company ( Compagnie d'Occident ). This organization was part of a French investment plan comparable to the South Seas Company which was developing contemporaneously in England. The Mississippi Company's charter was to trade the riches of the Louisiana Territory. The main proponent of the Mississippi Company, John Law, greatly exaggerated the wealth of Louisiana by describing a rich mining region easily accessible along the Mississippi from New Orleans. This resulted in a stock buying rush which disproportionately overvalued Mississippi Company stock, resulting in one of the world's first Bubble Economies. Further North, along the northern border between the United States and British America (Canada), Rain Lake, the Lake of the Woods, and Lake Winnepeg are noted. This region was a hotbed of exploration throughout the 18th century.
Located in Rawlins they began building in 1888, but because of issues the first prisoner did not occupy the prison until 1901, thare was no electricity, no water, and heat was almost nonexistence,
Jaguars at Edinburgh ZooEdinburgh Zoo has two Jaguars, a male and a female. Mowgli, our male, was born in October 2004 and came to us in 2005 from Beauval Zoo, France. Mowgli has a black coat and is very bold and curious.
In June 2007 we received our female, Tina. Tina is a spotted jaguar, with a beautiful golden coat covered with “rosettes,” or groupings of black spots. Tina was being kept in a circus in Belgium, but was seized by customs because it was illegal for the circus to have her. Tina was assigned to Edinburgh Zoo so that she could become a part of the European breeding programme.
We believe Tina is between six and eight years old. Because she was overfed in her former home, she is overweight. Tina’s diet is now being monitored. She has already lost some weight and is on a gentle exercise regime that is incorporated into her training. The weight loss has to be done very slowly so her liver and kidneys are not affected. Tina is quiet but enjoys attention from her keepers. Our two jaguars will be kept apart until it is the right time for them to breed.
Where it can be found at Edinburgh ZooThe Jaguar enclosure is toward the north of the park, between the European wolf enclosure and the wolverine enclosure.
Jaguars in the wildJaguars (Panthera onca) were once found both in North and South America. However, habitat loss and persecution of this species has lowered its numbers almost to nonexistence in North America and much of its territory in South America. It can now mainly be found in the rain forests of the Amazon Basin.
The largest cat of the Americas, jaguars are stocky, muscular and very strong for their size. Male jaguars are generally 10 – 20 percent larger than females. Males typically weigh 125 – 210 lbs (55 – 95 kg), but larger males have been known to weigh up to 350 lbs (159 kg). The size and weight of these animals varies depending on location; jaguars in more northerly regions tend to be smaller, while those in more southerly regions are typically larger.
The jaguar’s spots provide very effective camouflage in its jungle habitat. This species also exhibits a condition known as melanism, which causes some jaguars to have a black coat. Melanism occurs in about 6 percent of the jaguar population. Black jaguars are sometimes also called “black panthers.” Jaguars resemble the leopards of Asia and Africa in appearance, but the jaguar is larger and sturdier.
Jaguars are excellent hunters, stalking and ambushing their prey rather than chasing it. Their muscular strength also makes them outstanding climbers and swimmers. The jaguar has an extremely strong bite, and often drags its kill long distances or even up a tree to keep it safe from other predators.
The number of jaguars in the wild is in decline. Some of the major threats to the jaguar include habitat loss from deforestation and habitat fragmentation throughout Latin America. Jaguars also suffer from human persecution; they compete with humans for prey animals, and are often shot for killing cattle. Commercial hunting of jaguars for the fur trade has declined drastically since protective programs like the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) were enacted the mid-1970s. However, jaguar teeth, claws, paws, and other products are still sought after in some countries.
Because of these and other threats, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed the jaguar as Near Threatened, with the likelihood of being listed as Vulnerable in the near future. This means that the jaguar will be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
Breeding programme category: ESB
IUCN Red List category: Near Threatened
Adopt a jaguar
A great way to support RZSS – buy it for yourself or as a gift for the animal lover in your life! Registered charity number: SC004064
Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park are owned by The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.
Edinburgh | Scotland | United Kingdom | EH12 6TS
Stages of Life, Organ Pipe Cactus
”Like homeopathic medicine, the essence of wabi-sabi is apportioned in small doses. As the dose decreases, the effect becomes more potent, more profound. The closer things get to nonexistence, the more exquisite and evocative they become. Consequently to experience wabi-sabi means you have to slow way down, be patient, and look very closely." from Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers by Leonard Koren
it is about a Burmese boy who embraces his little sister to
protect her from the animals (peope who attack Muslims there).
This shows the Muslim massacre in Burma and the nonexistence of Human rights..
This photo has been chosen as the
best photo of 2013
Wabi-sabi is a compound expression composed of two distinct though related elements…
Wabi is both an aesthetic and moral principle which emphasises a simple austere type of beauty, and a serene transcendental frame of mind yet also points to the enjoyment of a quiet, leisurely life, free from worldly concerns.
Sabi also developed as a medieval aesthetic, reflecting qualities of loneliness, resignation, tranquility and old age while also connoting that which is subdued, unobtrusive, yet tasteful.
Messages from Osifu
Nothing can be given you
June 26th,2011
〇来了，只有一颗心，来奉献给大家......
Osifu is coming, with just one heart. I devote it to all of you......
〇，一个普普通通的行者，没有什么能够赠予大家的。
Osifu, a completely ordinary journeyer, has nothing to give you as presents.
有的只有空无
What I have is only nonexistence.
本想把空无赠予你们
可是这空无本来就是你们的。
I want to give the nonexistence to you, but it has belonged to you.
〇，一个普普通通的行者，没有什么能够赠予大家的。
有的只有空灵
Osifu, a completely ordinary journeyer, has nothing to give you as presents.
What I have is only intangible spirituality.
本想把空灵赠予你们
可是这空灵本来就是你们的。
I want to give the intangible spirituality to you, but it has belonged to you.
〇，一个普普通通的行者，没有什么能够赠予大家的。
有的只有空性
Osifu, a completely ordinary journeyer, has nothing to give you as presents.
What I have is only nature of emptiness.
本想把空性赠予你们
可是这空性本来就是你们的。
I want to give the nature of emptiness to you, but it has belonged to you.
〇，一个普普通通的行者，没有什么能够赠予大家的。
有的只有妙明
Osifu, a completely ordinary journeyer, has nothing to give you as presents.
What I have is only profound enlightenment.
本想把妙明赠予你们
可是这妙明本来就是你们的。
I want to give the profound enlightenment to you, but it has belonged to you.
〇，一个普普通通的行者，没有什么能够赠予大家的。
有的只有真心
Osifu, a completely ordinary journeyer, has nothing to give you as presents.
What I have is only a true heart.
本想把真心赠予你们
可是这真心本来就是你们的。
I want to give the true mind to you, but it has belonged to you.
〇，一个普普通通的行者，没有什么能够赠予大家的。
有的只有佛性
Osifu, a completely ordinary journeyer, has nothing to give you as presents.
What I have is only the Buddha nature.
本想把佛性赠予你们
可是这佛性本来就是你们的。
I want to give the Buddha mature to you, but it has belonged to you.
〇，一个普普通通的行者，没有什么能够赠予大家的。
有的只有无量光
Osifu, a completely ordinary journeyer, has nothing to give you as presents.
What I have is only boundless light.
本想把无量光赠予你们
可是这无量光本来就是你们的。
I want to give the boundless light to you, but it has belonged to you.
〇，一个普普通通的行者，没有什么能够赠予大家的。
有的只有无量爱
Osifu, a completely ordinary journeyer, has nothing to give you as presents.
What I have is only boundless love.
本想把无量爱赠予你们
可是这无量爱本来就是你们的。
I want to give the boundless love to you, but it has belonged to you.
〇，一个普普通通的行者，没有什么能够赠予大家的。
有的只有无量能
Osifu, a completely ordinary journeyer, has nothing to give you as presents.
What I have is only boundless energy.
本想把无量能赠予你们
可是这无量能本来就是你们的。
I want to give the boundless energy to you, but it has belonged to you.
是的，这一切的一切本来都是你的，当然也是众生的。
Yes, all of these have belonged to you, and have belonged to sentient beings as well.
是的，这一切的一切本来都是一体的，当然也是平等的。
Yes, all of these have been ALL ONE, and have been equal as well.
是的，这一切的一切本来都是同心的，当然也是同源的。
Yes, all of these have had the same heart, and have had the same origin as well.
是的，这一切的一切本来都是无我的，当然也是清净的。
Yes, all of these have been non-self, and have been pure and serene as well.
是的，这一切的一切本来都是无为的，当然也是自然的。
Yes, all of these have been unconditioned and natural as well.
是的，这一切的一切本来都是顺道的，当然也是规律的。
Yes, all of these have been accord with the Way, and have been regular pattern as well.
是的，本来如此，可是你偏偏不如此，结果呢？你正在体验你所造成的果报。
Yes, it has been so. But you are not doing so deliberately. And what's the result? You are experiencing the result you've made.
是的，本来如是，可是你偏偏不如是，结果呢？你正在经历你所铺就的旅程。
Yes, it has been just so. But you are not doing just so deliberately. And what's the result? You are experiencing the journey you've made.
是的，本来如如，可是你偏偏不如如，结果呢？你正在通透你所感召的幻梦。
Yes, it has been so unmoved. But you are not so unmoved deliberately. And what's the result? You are breaking through the illusory dream you've called.
吾等为大救度而来，不为别的。
All of us come here for the great salvation not for anything else.
衣食住行越简单越好。
The more simple of basic necessities in daily life , the better.
不为外在所累，方能自在安详。
Not clinging to anything else outside, utmost ease can be attained.
吾等为大救度而来，不为别的。
All of us come here for the great salvation not for anything else.
安贫守道，随缘度日。
One person, even in poverty, maintains his integrity and lives accord with conditions.
不为六尘所扰，方能心净气清。
Not being disturbed from the six gunas，mind can become pure and clear.
吾等为大救度而来，不为别的。
All of us come here for the great salvation not for anything else.
心系使命，情关众生。
To be concern about the mission and love all sentient beings.
不为五欲所牵，方能圆满圆觉。
Not clinging to the five desires, perfect and complete enlightenment can be achieved.
吾等为大救度而来，不为别的。
All of us come here for the great salvation not for anything else.
善巧方便，圆融圆通。
To be harmony and ripeness with skillful means.
不为世俗所拘，方能化尘化灵。
Not being tied by secularity, it can be possible that transforming world and sentient beings.
吾等为大救度而来，不为别的。
All of us come here for the great salvation not for anything else.
入世出世，接引引领。
Entering and getting out of Saha world, guide and receive beings to promote.
不为尘世所困，方能回心回归。
Not being trapped by earthliness，inverting mind and returning is can be achieved.
今日和大家交流至此，要去给弟子有缘人开示了。
That's all today. I will leave to send messages to disciples and those who have affinity with me.
所言仅供参悟，〇说而已。希望对大家有所启发。
What I said is for your reference only. It's just 〇sifu's saying.
I hope it can enlighten all of you.
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formerly "The James Tillich Memorial Museum"**title a.k.a. MNDustyLen's "3 Doors Down." Want to read the book titles? Click on image, then "View All Sizes," select "Original Size" then zoom in to the area of your choice. Can you tell us what time it is at The James Tilliich Memorial Museum?
Project Unicorn, Volume 1: 30 Young Adult Short Stories Featuring Lesbian Heroines is coming New Years Day! Learn more about Project Unicorn here: www.muserising.com!
PROJECT UNICORN, VOLUME ONE is a collection of thirty young adult short stories featuring lesbian heroines. As ghosts and witches, aliens and vampires, the characters in this extensive and varied collection battle monsters and inner demons, stand up to bullies, wield magic, fall in love, and take action to claim their lives—and their stories—as their own.
Written by wife-and-wife authors Jennifer Diemer and Sarah Diemer, this volume of stories, with genres ranging from science fiction and fantasy to the paranormal, is part of Project Unicorn, a fiction project that seeks to address the near nonexistence of lesbian main characters in young adult fiction by giving them their own stories. PROJECT UNICORN, VOLUME ONE contains the full first three collections of Project Unicorn stories: The Dark Woods, The Monstrous Sea and Uncharted Sky.
An outdoor dance studio really. At basement level in Namba JR station the architect has fitted in reflective surfaces and a slippy floor. A great idea.
Japan does that to you. It is a real head spinner – full of surprises and changes of form and pace.
A set inspired by Sartre's existential conclusion that the consequence of God's nonexistence leads to an ongoing experience of anguish, forlornness, and despair.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1
Panasonic Lumix G Vario 20mm/1.7
1/80 sec. at f/16, ISO 100
April 2011
Jaguars (Panthera onca) were once found both in North and South America. However, habitat loss and persecution of this species has lowered its numbers almost to nonexistence in North America and much of its territory in South America. It can now mainly be found in the rain forests of the Amazon Basin.
The largest cat of the Americas, jaguars are stocky, muscular and very strong for their size. Male jaguars are generally 10 – 20 percent larger than females. Males typically weigh 125 – 210 lbs (55 – 95 kg), but larger males have been known to weigh up to 350 lbs (159 kg). The size and weight of these animals varies depending on location; jaguars in more northerly regions tend to be smaller, while those in more southerly regions are typically larger.
A wider look at the continuation of Barrett-Stoddard Truck Trail. It goes all the way to the summit trail for Frankish Peak, but deteriorates into virtual nonexistence in parts.
Wabi-sabi is a compound expression composed of two distinct though related elements…
Wabi is both an aesthetic and moral principle which emphasises a simple austere type of beauty, and a serene transcendental frame of mind yet also points to the enjoyment of a quiet, leisurely life, free from worldly concerns.
Sabi also developed as a medieval aesthetic, reflecting qualities of loneliness, resignation, tranquility and old age while also connoting that which is subdued, unobtrusive, yet tasteful.
A pair of standard cab EMDs lead a lengthy Q363 westbound through the interlocking in Berea, Ohio after spending the last couple hours working Parma (just a few miles behind). Standard cab EMD consists like this are one of many things that are rapidly fading into nonexistence.
Jaguars (Panthera onca) were once found both in North and South America. However, habitat loss and persecution of this species has lowered its numbers almost to nonexistence in North America and much of its territory in South America. It can now mainly be found in the rain forests of the Amazon Basin.
The largest cat of the Americas, jaguars are stocky, muscular and very strong for their size. Male jaguars are generally 10 – 20 percent larger than females. Males typically weigh 125 – 210 lbs (55 – 95 kg), but larger males have been known to weigh up to 350 lbs (159 kg). The size and weight of these animals varies depending on location; jaguars in more northerly regions tend to be smaller, while those in more southerly regions are typically larger.
My project is about representing myself through representations of myself- a straightforward introduction to who I am and what I am capable of, as a cartoonist, a sculptor, and a virtual modeler.
In this first shoot, “The Artist as a Mesh”, I made a collage of various versions of my 3D self-portraits and took a picture of the screen. They were experiments, some successful, some failures. They also represent my foray into a medium I was formerly unfamiliar with, and my journey as I got more accustomed to it. The alternate version of the same screen, but with a colder glow and a different arrangement of the images.
In the second shoot, “The Artist as a Cartoon”, I printed out several past cartoon renditions of myself and piled them on top of one another. The dot matrix comprisal of the printed images turns fragments into smaller fragments- how easy it is to get lost in multiples and matrices! There is the You that you see, and the infinite ways that others see You. The alternate version of the second shoot has me holding up a mirror self-portrait I had done of myself in drawing class. It was taken by Sierra Turner, to whom I had given instructions to make sure that I appear at the center of the photo.
In the last shoot, “The Artist as a Sculpt”, I posed my terrifying clay rabbit puppet in front of a mirror, questioning her nonexistence. The alternate version is a portrait of her, sitting on a nice green blanket, with a jacket hill in the background.
Recently I've been trying to cross the White Line.
This White Line is deceiving in its geometry: Two sided (one side built by an almost entirely separate group than the other side, but it remains a solid wall) and yet invisible to people. But, obvious to the naked eye.
It has been built by culture and history, its holding mortar is distrust and suspicion. No matter what you may hear there is no conspiracy, no group controls The White Line. It lives; it found a socio-biological niche and grew to fill in that space. Though unconscious, it is an organic entity upon itself. Similar to fungus.
To review: It is a human construct, grown naturally by distance and space it lives as a two sided entity, invisible to anything but the naked eye. All this may be confusing and complex, but in no way a contradiction leading to impossibility or nonexistence.
It is there because a lack of safety, it creates an unsafe context, and yet it is there as a barrier of protection. This is the irony of the White Line, safety. Often, especially in times of need, helping hands can not cross that line. It is a crushing feeling to watch things perish from either side of this barrier. Most people just turn their heads the other way.
"Nonexistence of smooth Levi-flat hypersurface with positive normal bundle in compact Kahler manifolds of dimension >=3$
The Japanese sense of beauty is…well….different.
Very different. I get the hair and the clothes but I don’t get the masks – either modern as with the “harajuku` girl on the left or traditional as with the white face of the geisha on the right. And as for the black teeth which you occasionally see…
Well it’s just not logical – is it?
Nun Vessel - Egyptian, 1500 BC. The colors of dark blue and black were used to signify the primordial waters of Nun, or the state of Nonexistence, from which all livings things were sprung.
A set inspired by Sartre's existential conclusion that the consequence of God's nonexistence leads to an ongoing experience of anguish, forlornness, and despair.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1
Panasonic Lumix G Vario 20mm/1.7
1/1600 sec. at f/1.7, ISO 100
April 2011
"Nonexistence of smooth Levi-flat hypersurface with positive normal bundle in compact Kahler manifolds of dimension >=3"
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The first time I visited Japan, squat toilets were universal, but in the course of the last twenty years they have become very rare indeed. This is the Japanese take on the water closet. As usual a few improvements to the original design have been made (and patented, I should imagine). The seat is heated. Music plays when someone sits on the pan (to obscure any awkward noises). There is a built-in hot water bidet.
As far as I know, no-one has been killed with one of these yet but they do have a record of emitting smoke and catching fire. 200,000 were recalled in 2007.