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We shall overcome,
we shall overcome,
we shall overcome some day.
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe
we shall overcome some day.
We shall live in peace,
we shall live in peace,
we shall live in peace some day.
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe
we shall overcome some day.
We'll walk hand in hand
we'll walk hand in hand
we'll walk hand in hand some day.
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe
we shall overcome some day.
Black and White together,
black and white together.
black and white together some day.
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe
we shall overcome some day.
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I didn’t shoot for a while. I was busy for some times and some times I didn’t have the motivation or the will to shoot again.
Anyway here are the results of what I shot after a hiatus … so I'm back again :)
Comments and feedback appreciated …And Thanks again to all who visit and comment on my stream.
All these shots were taken at the Phipps Conservatory
Feelings overcome thoughts on this road alone to work today...am I bound to follow it and not deviate on my way? Choices I plead myself to make, abandon or forsake...is there a difference in which I choose to take? Two sides of myself in doubt, who will win I ponder?... I must bury my fears deep down under, I surely cannot continue on towards my own life like this much longer...
(Just to give a little more insight as to the title -> on the left is a fabric factory, to the right a political poster "vote to win" , she definitely was walking towards work....and everyone at the time had politics and decisions on their mind....everyone promising 'new' 'better' or even 'brighter future'.....seemed interesting that I caught her in between it all in the middle. World recession and many jobs lost....and decisions to be made with the future of who runs the country hmmmm....sometimes you cannot control it all in life but move on and continue, tomorrow is another day.....)
Overcoming substantial light pollution to capture a Supernova in a galaxy 14 million light years away with a Seestar 50mm digital telescope. It's amazing! This type of affordable technology has opened the door to the absolute novice and give experienced astronomers an easy and fast setup to enjoy the night skies and more. This is an unsolicited testimonial, letting the world know, if you have interested in astronomy, it can be easy and affordable for most everyone.
I captured an image of a supernova in a highly light polluted sky where I could barely count 20 stars above my head.
Aruna and the Raging Sun - an outstanding outdoor performance by over 100 differently - at Lady Wellingdon College campus in Chennai, UK based Graeae Theatre Company in collaboration with Spanish La Fura dels baus and British Council on saturday, Featuring 24 metre tall puppets, fireworks, jaw-droping aerial acts, and other fantastic feats, the performance told the story of a differently-abled superhero helping humanit overcome the challenges of climate change. The performance was supported by Arts
Council England and British Council. (C)H.K.Rajashekar.
I had just met Margaret C 35 minutes before this photo on the National Mall. In this photo Margaret C is reminiscent of an ancient Greek or Roman statue. With her athleticism she mounted on top of the 5 foot high cement obstacle with the US Capitol behind her, she turned to look at it, looked back at me and seemed exhilarated. I proposed a rare posed shot, envisioning her representing strength, determination, and the ability to overcome any obstacle. Well, she took if from there and I took the shot. She is statuesque and strong, this image shouts to all who may see it, you too can be an overcomer! Washington DC, 1 October 2017.
you may use this image in your digital creations in any way you see fit. I would appreciate a credit though, and posting your final work in the comments (small size) would help both sides. Enjoy!
I could not be prouder of my oldest son. He has an Autism Spectrum Disorder - close to Asperger's but not quite. This is coupled with a general anxiety disorder, hearing loss, and an auditory processing disorder. Truly the cards were stacked againt him from day one. Therapists never gave me much hope that he would ever begin to thrive or be able to do well on his own. I never gave up on him and got him all the help I could find, but let me tell you, this child WORKED so hard at overcoming what life threw at him. It pained me to watch him struggle, and many years of frustration on both our ends led to tears. I never lost hope because HE was my strength, he showed me what it is to be an overcomer and achiever.
He spent many nights in his younger years crying while he did his homework but he never gave up. He came home baffled why things were they way they were. Day by day, he worked, learned, and plodded forward, defying the odds. He became an all around performer any parent would be proud to call their child.
Despite the odds, he has blossomed into a successful, well liked, sincere, kind-hearted young man. He made straight A's all the way through school and is graduating NHS in the top 10% of his class. He has excelled in AFJROTC as part of the leadership team (these are the top 8 kids that run the show out of about 160 cadets), he has led most every unit and club within the organization, has created new opportunities, tutored other kids, and spent countless hours doing community service. He has spent more hours at community service in his corps than any other cadet has ever served. He has a servant's heart. He cares nothing about money or living in the limelight. This young man wants to dedicate his life to helping others. He wants to help his community in any way he can.
After much consideration, he has accepted a scholarship to Texas Lutheran University. It is a small and fairly expensive school here in Texas, which is about 30 minutes from home ... although he will be living in the dorms. He chose this school knowing it's small size would be much a much better suited learning environment for him. Also, they offer a business degree with an emphasis in non-profit and communications. He knows what he wants and he goes after it. We would never be able to afford to send him to TLU, but he earned the highest scholarship they offer, which pays for half of his room and board, tuition, books, etc.
I think back to the times I doubted he would make it to this point and I am so glad I never gave up on him, but prouder still that he never gave up on himself. Everywhere we go classmates see him and girls hug him and tell him hello. He's not a social creature, but nevertheless, the love in his heart must shine through even to his peers because he was never picked on, and people genuinely like him.
I could never put into words how proud of my baby I am. So if any of you have a "borderline" child .. have hope, never give up, lift them up every chance you can, love them for who they are, for their uniqueness, encourage them and just LOVE THEM. You will get your reward. He doesn't see the world through the same glasses the rest of us do, but in my book, that's a good thing. I love this child and I now have complete confidence he is ready to fly on his own. So all you nay sayers along the way ... he showed you, didn't he!
I have written down all about my encounters with this spider in my blog.
On September 12th, just after the first autumn rain, I found out that the Wolf Spider that lives in my garden (Lycosa praegrandis), had closed the entrance to her lair (see the photo below, on the first comment), using whatever debris she found around. I assumed that she was hibernating and was expecting to see her again in spring.
But on this Saturday I was in for a surprise: I saw that she had once more opened her lair. At first, I thought that maybe the water from the recent heavy rains managed to flood her tunnel and she was forced out by that. Anyway I thought this was a great opportunity for some more captures and I tried to get her out the usual way (teasing her with a small twig). In the past, whenever I tried that, she was quick to get out of the lair and attack the twig, but this time, no matter how many times I teased her, she would kick the twig with her two front legs, touch it with her palps, even bite it with her fangs, but she refused to get her fat belly out of the tunnel!
I thought she was just being lazy and eventually gave up and decided that I would settle for a shot of her posing at the entrance. I took a couple of photos and saw that only part of her legs and a little bit of face was visible and although I hate using the flash (because I think it gives her a goofy look with one blue eye and one red!), I fired it up, in order to get as much of her hidden body as possible. That's when I realized the real reason why she refused to expose her whole body! She's full packed with spiderlings!!! I think "congratulations" are in order for her! :-)
“But I have a secret.
You can build walls all the way to the sky and I will find a way to fly above them.
You can try to pin me down with a hundred thousand arms, but I will find a way to resist.
And there are many of us out there, more than you think.
People who refuse to stop believing.
People who refuse to come to earth.
People who love in a world without walls, people who love into hate, into refusal, against hope,and without fear.
I love you.
Remember.
They cannot take it."
(From “Delirium (Delirium, #1)” by Lauren Oliver)
Pteromerhanophobia is the right word for the fear of being on an airplane or any other flying vehicle.
I carry this fear since I am a child nevertheless it is funny that most of the pictures I took in the sky were published or used as CD covers, as if they were meant to overcome my fear of flying...
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As we hiked around a bend in the trail, this amazing spectacle unfolded before our eyes. This was one of those joyful, unexpected moments of flickr life.
Everyone faces obstacles, we do things we regret or don't do things at all. Despite all that the one good way to connect and sort it out is through sitting down and talking.
NeoView KOLON- OLED technique (South Korea)
wikipedia :
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2010 oled expo :
Mankind's constant effort to satisfy his curiosity and five senses has resulted in civilization and immense prosperity in technology. Now we are able to enjoy the outcomes of civilization that our ancestors had never dreamed of. Still, the desire of mankind is continuously growing and it is now reaching out of the stage where just eliminating inconvenience or solving problems is not an issue any more. Territories that are new to human reach are being pursued. For example, televisions, videos, cellular phones, notebook PCs and many other instruments are steadily improved with the goal to reproduce true natural color and sound.
To fulfill the dream of reproducing true natural color that current LCDs have not actualized, NeoView Kolon has developed and is producing an innovative OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) display. OLED exceeds existing LCDs and other display instruments in quality, luminosity, resolution, field of vision, response performance, and power consumption. Unfortunately a few technical difficulties are hindering the wider use of OLED at the present time. NeoView Kolon is overcoming these technical difficulties and is obtaining all technologies and systems needed for mass-producing OLED. With the base of devoted researchers and engineers whose focus have been OLED only, unique equipment, and know-how, it intends to provide highly reliable OLED products at competitive price.
NeoView Kolon is about to produce mono/multi and full-color panels for cellular phones in passive matrix mode by using already developed 4'' full-color panel technology and supplying them to clients in the latter half of this year. It is also arranging to supply panels for PDAs and developing panels in active matrix mode as well.
NeoView Kolon does not limit itself to OLED. It has a larger vision of reproducing true natural color in almost anything. With the vision at heart, it is challenging OLED first. To obtain true natural color in OLED is still out of reach, but it moves at least one step closer to the actualization of the true color.
NeoView Kolon will move closer to the natural color actualization, and seeks our reason of existence through customer satisfaction, affection and senses. So, NeoView Kolon wants to be remembered as a pioneer in An era of Progress in Display.
Macro Monday project - 01/12/09
"Imperfections”
Not a lot of time this week!!! Getting ready for a big vacation trip!!! Be back in 2 to 3 weeks!!!
Be enchanted by 700 sculptured lanterns along the streets of Chinatown. The lanterns display will depict traditional Chinese motifs and characters such as Chang’e, Goddess of the Moon in Chinese mythology, it will also illustrate this year’s theme – “family”, as a core element in getting Singaporean unite together as one big family to overcome the challenges ahead and emerge stronger.
I don't know if I continue, even today, always liking myself. But what I learned to do many years ago was to forgive myself. It is very important for every human being to forgive herself or himself because if you live, you will make mistakes- it is inevitable. But once you do and you see the mistake, then you forgive yourself and say, 'well, if I'd known better I'd have done better,' that's all. So you say to people who you think you may have injured, 'I'm sorry,' and then you say to yourself, 'I'm sorry.' If we all hold on to the mistake, we can't see our own glory in the mirror because we have the mistake between our faces and the mirror; we can't see what we're capable of being. You can ask forgiveness of others, but in the end the real forgiveness is in one's own self. I think that young men and women are so caught by the way they see themselves. Now mind you. When a larger society sees them as unattractive, as threats, as too black or too white or too poor or too fat or too thin or too sexual or too asexual, that's rough. But you can overcome that. The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself. If we don't have that we never grow, we never learn, and sure as hell we should never teach.
(Maya Angelou)
In 1920 Rudolf Steiner spoke of Goethe’s fairy tale TheGreen Snake and the Beautiful Lily as the archetypal seed of the Anthroposophical movement. The destiny of the first Goetheanum can be said to lead to ‘rebirth out of the ashes’. On 1 January, 1923, was the tragedy of the burning of the first Goetheanum. In retrospect (and from an alchemical point of view), it can be seen as a ‘mystical death’ by fire, Out of the living etheric forces of the First Goetheanum, Rudolf Steiner brought forth ‘The Foundation Stone Mantrum’ as an act of creative will. In response to the ‘cry of longing of mankind for the spirit’ had The House of the Word been built, and the 2nd Goetheaunum was to rise, phoenix-like out of the ashes. An interesting way of exploring the time element in ‘The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily’ has been offered by Paul M. Allen in The Time Is at Hand.1) I will also relate a short summary of the fairy tale in its sequence, as the times of days occur, woven into a tapestry, corresponding to the steps, which are involved in the alchemical transmutation inherent in this fairy tale.‘Alchemy can perhaps best be described as a process of metamorphosis, a changing of form by means of the activity of the three fundamental powers of the soul; thinking, feeling and willing; These three can be likened to the nature of the substances Salt, Mercury, and Sulphur as they work upon the elements inherent in all created things Earth, Water, Air and Fire, transforming these from their fallen states of unredeemed matter to a restoration of their archetypal , original spiritual condition.’1) I was privileged to know Agnes Linde, Herman’s daughter in the early to mid 1980’s, while I was living in Dornach. She was a Eurythmist and a painter. I was often able to observe the original illustrations made by her father of ‘The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily’, which portray the interwoven correspondence to Steiner’s first Mystery Play, ‘The Portal of Initiation’.Now, let us begin with the following correlations involving the soul transformations of J. W. Goethe’s ‘The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily’:At Midnight begins the Transmutation –Prima Materia, in Goethe’s allegorical fairy tale. This Corresponds to Study or Pure Thought in the Rosicrucian Initiation, as Rudolf Steiner spoke of at The Munich Conference.Here begins the fairy tale…‘In his little hut by the great river, which a heavy rain had swollen to overflowing, lay the ancient ferryman, asleep, wearied by the toil of the day’
This is the state at the beginning of the process of transmutation, ‘the given’, the basis, in musical expression, Prime. The ferryman meets the mischievous, unevolved, Will-o-the–Wisps who wish to cross the mysterious river, while boisterously shaking out heaps of glittering gold. The ire of the Ferryman is aroused; and disembarking, when he reaches the other side of the river, he gathers the gold pieces (which cannot be allowed to fall into that elemental stream), and throws them into a cleft of rock where they can safely lie.
Having now arrived on the other side of the realm, the earthly world, the Will-o-the-Wisps meet the Green Snake, who is swallowing the gold, (or the wisdom of spiritual science) and who is able digest it, having suffered and become open to spiritual understandings.
Afterwards, the Snake meets the Old Man with the Lantern in the subterranean temple, and undergoes a beginning step of initiation, as she answers the Sphinxlike questions of the four Kings in the temple, and comes to the first declaration of ‘The time is at hand’
In Christian Gnostic Initiation this can be compared with ‘The Washing of the Feet’
‘The time is at hand’, these words appear in the first verses of the book of Revelations. This ‘time’ is, paradoxically, referring to an individual as well as a universal moment of initiation.At Dawn the alchemical experience of Separation or Clarification of the Elements occurs; this is Imaginative Knowledge, in the Rosicrucian Initiation, The Second in musical intervals. The Wisps go to the Old Woman’s cottage, and rudely devour the gold from the walls of the cottage, and again shower the realm with gold pieces. They cannot comprehend the Old Woman’s wisdom either, but can only intellectualise or ‘parrot’ undigested knowledge. Their gold pieces kill the dog Mops.The Old Woman has somehow promised the Will o the Wisps to repay their debt to the Ferryman for their crossing. He can take no gold, only ‘fruits of the earth’: three cabbages, three artichokes, and three onions, deeds of thinking, willing and feeling. However the Giant who is bathing in the river, spots the Old Woman with her basket of fruits of the earth. He is able with his shadow to snatch up an artichoke (which represents deeds of the will) out of the basket. Mops has also been taken along in the basket, to give to the Fair Lily, on the Spirit side of the river. She can mysteriously make dead things living, and living things dead. Such is her nature. Before meeting the Prince, the Old Woman is obliged to pay a debt to the river to make up for the lost artichoke, and enable her to cross the river; this entails placing her hand in the stream, which causes it to blacken. Painful but necessary, these events have a relation in the Gnostic Christian Initiation, to the Scourging.Noon brings the Clarification and Uniting of Active and Passive, and the Rosicrucian stage of Inspiration. The interval of the Third is evoked. The Old Woman meets with the Prince, who is also seeking the fair Lily. The Prince is suffering from melancholy and can offer little information about his own being. They travel on the same path and cross the river together in reverence, at noon, on the back of the Green Snake who habitually offers service to all who are able to cross. This is the first bridge. In Christian Gnostic terms, it corresponds to the Crown of Thorns.Twilight appears as the Mystical Death, the transmutation of substance into carbon (the Philosopher’s Stone) The stage of Intuition. This is the fourth interval of music. All meet in the Kingdom of the Lily. Mops is brought back to life by the Lily’s touch. The Youth, overcome with desire, passionately reaches out and touches the Lily, which causes his death. The Snake then forms a protective ring around the Youth and the Canary bird that she had inadvertently killed. These events would be comparable to The Crucifixion in the Christian Gnostic Initiation,Midnight is the next time, the Washing or Purifying, Correspondence between the Microcosm and the Macrocosm the reuniting of the soul and the body, the greater and lesser worlds – Macrocosm and Microcosm; this is the fifth musical interval; the Old Man with the Lantern assigns tasks. The Old Man declares that at this point, ‘An individual helps not but he who combines himself with many at the proper hour does help.’ The procession crosses the bridge again on the back of the Snake. The Youth has a first awakening. For this to happen, the Lily must touch the Snake with the right hand and her lover with the left. The Snake then makes a final sacrifice and becomes a permanent jewelled bridge leading to the temple. All enter the temple and greet the Kings. This is related to The Mystical Death in the Christian Gnostic Initiation.At Dawn is theBursting Out, Living into the Macrocosm where reborn purified element appears in many colours, the Macrocosm: the sixth interval of music; the Temple rises to the surface of the earth. The final initiation of the Youth and the investiture into Kingship then occurs, as does the demise of the Mixed King. This corresponds to the Burial and Resurrection in Christian Gnostic terms.Bright Noonday brings aboutthe Chymical Wedding, the Stage of Divine Bliss, Royal Marriage, the Seventh interval in music, rejuvenation, including the healing of the Old Woman, and the transformation of the Giant. ‘All debts are paid’ There is a Michaelic bridge, the sacrifice of the Snake, now serving all of humanity. Goethe’s text end with the following words:… ‘and to the present hour the bridge is swarming with travellers, and the Temple is the most frequented on the whole earth. This stage must relate to the Ascension of the Soul in Christian Gnostic terms. The Octave, then, would be related to the ultimate realities of the Eternal. Humanity will have been guided from the world of images in Space (the Earthly world, through events taking place in Time ( the Soul’s transformation ) as pictured allegorically in the ‘Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily’ – to pure Spirit, those ultimate eternal realities. 1) The Time is at Hand, Paul M.. Allen, Anthroposophic Press, RR4 Box 94 A-1, Hudson , NY 12534
Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka on Friday lit the Olympic cauldron to mark the formal start of Tokyo 2020, in an opening ceremony shorn of glitz and overshadowed by a pandemic but celebrated as a moment of global hope.⠀
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Organisers also paid tribute to medical workers as athletes from across the world paraded into an almost empty stadium, their smiles hidden behind masks for the first time.⠀
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Normally a star-studded display teeming with celebrities, the ceremony was low-key, with fewer than 1,000 people in attendance, strict social distancing rules and signs calling on spectators to "be quiet around the venue."⠀
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"With the world in a tough situation because of the coronavirus pandemic, I would like to pay my respect and express my gratitude to medical workers and all those who are working hard every day to overcome the difficulties," said the President of the organising committee, Seiko Hashimoto.⠀
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Helen Georgia is rich with Indian History,this image is an example of a bit of that,not all of it is wonderful due to mans aggression towards one another.
A white latticework gazebo sits atop this ancient Indiana burial mound in the middle of flat pasture near the banks of the Chattahoochee River. This mound gradually grew as burial after burial occurred. A partial excavation of the mound in 1915 identified several house sites and 75 burials. Clovis projectile point, clay vessels, and bone and shell beads date human habitation in Nacoochee Valley back some 12,000 to 14,000 years at the close of the last ice age. For centuries, these migrant people moved through the Nacoochee Valley, building their simple homes with central fire pits. They lived off the fruits and berries of the land, hunted its forests, and fished the waters of the nearby river and creeks. They buried their dead in mounds like this, and eventually, moved on.
Captain John Nichols, who owned property during the late 1800s, built the gazebo on top of the mound. Some sources say it was built as a place of entertainment. Others say it was erected as a tribute to the vanquished natives.
A romantic Romeo and Juliet-like Indian legend is also attached to the of the Sautee Nacoochee Indian Mound. The legend is an old one that is documented by some of the first white settlers who came this way. The legend claims that Indian lovers from opposing tribes are buried within the mound. Sautee, a brave of the Chickasaw Tribe, and Nacoochee, the daughter of a Cherokee Chief, fell immediately and hopelessly in love when a Chickasaw band stopped in Cherokee territory at a designated resting place along the Unicoi Trail. The two lovers met in the night and ran away to nearby Yonah Mountain to spend a few idyllic days together. When they later confronted Nacoochee’s father with the idea of creating peace between the two nations, Chief Wahoo ordered Sautee thrown from the high cliffs of Yonah Mountain while Nacoochee was forced to watch. Almost immediately, Nacoochee broke away from her father’s restraining hands and leaped from the cliff to join her lover. At the foot of the cliff, the lovers dragged their broken bodies together and locked in a final embrace and died there. The Chief, overcome with remorse, realized the greatness of love and buried the lovers, still locked in death, near the banks of the Chattahoochee River in this burial mound.
The Sautee Nacoochee Indian Mound is located at the intersection of GA 17 and GA 75.Information obtained from" Browns Guide to Georgia"
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