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I've been having a really frustrating conversation with a human being who I have been friends with for a long time, over a decade in fact. it has to do with the way political arguments are presented and at the crux of it is the truth many progressives fear...how will we get the Trump fanatics to change their minds? But, it's not just the Trump fanatics...it's anyone who actually voted for him not once but twice. Initially, I asked myself if this conversation with my friend was frustrating to me because it challenged me and I needed to be challenged in a certain way. But, as I thought about it more, it frustrated me because it asked me to call into question what I consider to be at the essence of my own humanity. The truth is, it scares me to think that advocating for human kindness and changes that promote equality would ever be construed as radical because that represents a shift in our collective thinking. And, I guess when it comes down to it, I am not really all that willing to monitor my own sense of urgency and passion about politics. And, I hate the term sanctimonious...my goal is not to come off as that. But, I was recently reminded of this article that I read back in 2017 and I think it's worth re-reading. The article is entitled:
I Don’t Know How To Explain To You That You Should Care About Other People
www.huffpost.com/entry/i-dont-know-how-to-explain-to-you-...
I don't think it's particularly radical to care about other people and want them to have decent housing, health care, employment, education and not have to constantly be concerned they are going to be the victims of violence due to their race, religion, gender identity or orientation and I do think that not only does policy matter but the consistent hate speech that has been promoted by our president also has an effect.
Recently, Don Lemon wrote about the effect and the emotional toll it has taken in his own life to have Trump supporters calling him the N word constantly, for instance, and we now live in a country where this is the daily reality for some. How will they pursue happiness and equality under these terrifying conditions?
www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/11/09/don-lemon-cnn-gay-racist-ho...
I also don't think it's particularly radical to take a look at the years of research and supposed police reforms and advocate for those tax dollars to be used to fund communities and proactive mental health instead. I really don't. The facts are there.
I also don't think it's extreme to say we need an end to the vast majority of prisons, certainly the for profit prison industry which is, in many cases, today's form of modern day slavery as we all know that most poor men who are Black living in the South are not actually tried with a true jury of their peers and not appointed a quality lawyer and are serving time for crimes they did not commit or long sentences for petty crimes.
I think looking at the day to day interactions and effect of hate speech as well as the systems that have been upholding white supremacy for far too long is the bare minimum any ethical human can do in this country if they want it to become better for us all.
And, I don't know how else to put it to people who can't feel empathy but helping people helps yourself. Who wants to live in a world of selfish desires where only yourself benefits? Whatever happened to leaving the world better than when you came into it? That's a decent and kind notion we should all be considering every day in our lives. It's not radical to be kind, either. And when these viewpoints are seen as radical, I have to question our sense of humanity.
I titled this photo A Better Outcome partially because of the words visible in the ad on the bottom right hand side but I also think that it would be a better outcome if people could put aside whatever ignorant fears they have about others who may not look like them or worship like them or move like them or make love like them and be willing to share that same space in a state of harmony.
In many ways, you see, I think that what has taken place over the past four years is a change in our collective brains. Waking up to news every day of kids in cages and possible war all of the time has made us live in a constant state of fear. Our amygdalas have grown to the size of a body builder's biceps and this is not healthy. It is ruining us....it is causing a huge decline in our actual biological health...and that same area of our brain has led many humans in my country to react with hatred and fear and rally around a man who cares more about his golf game than the virus that has killed nearly 300,000 of us. Surprisingly,the areas hit hardest by Coronavirus were also the areas where the highest population voted for Trump and why? How could their lives be better now than they were 4 years ago at the hands of a man who would rather deny Science than save the lives of citizens?
But, I think what has happened for so many people is, while their amygdalas have grown in dendritic branching and increased connections, their frontal lobes governing their insight and judgement and what most consider wisdom have literally shrunk and it has become more challenging to see reality for what it truly is. To some of us, it is still very much common sense that Biden won the election and that Trump was literally trying to destroy our entire democratic system. But, to others in our country, they still want to believe that Trump was somehow the winner (even though several of the republican judges and other appointees continue to insist upon the fairness of the election and several recounts have not overturned results). They would rather continue to believe in madness and not logic and, to go one step further, they don't care if there was actual cheating and grifting as long as their grifter is king. (Some of them were willing to themselves drive armed Hummers to polling places just to threaten and try to falsely claim they had found votes for Trump.) It's the same group of people who were ok with Trump literally committing treason and colluding with other countries to try to conspire against the Biden family early on. They refuse to see the level of their dissolution.
And for what? So they can continue to get tax cuts? Many Trump supporters are not even wealthy. Is it the racism then? The utter happiness they seem to get calling Don Lemon the n word? What in the world is the motivating factor behind supporting a man who clearly only cares about himself? These are questions I have asked myself steadily over and over again and I don't have many answers for something that, to me, defies logic.
But, I am going to continue to be me. And that means that if you find my viewpoint radical and you think I am being sanctimonious because I do take hate speech seriously and I do think that it is important to examine and re-examine how to structurally end or at least limit the extent of white supremacy in my country, you should probably find someone else to follow or read the opinions of. I am sure there are thousands of much more digestible easy on the mind commentators who actually get paid for a living who you can turn to.
I am human which means that I must fight for those who cannot easily fight. Even when I am not affected by hate speech, I find it entitled and privileged to say it doesn't seriously threaten others. Even when I am not directly affected by racist cops and for profit prisons, being human means I want to end their existence for all humanity.
You are sanctimonious if you think you are better than others and that you are the only one who deserves to live a happy, free, nonthreatening life in my opinion. That is not the world I wish to live in. I believe this country's greatness should be shared and that would lead to A Better Outcome for us all.
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Nine week old Norwegian Elkhound mix we just adopted from "Heaven to Earth Rescue" in New Philadelphia Ohio. They proactively rescue puppies mainly from Amish farms where they do not neuter their working dogs. He joins our two year old Norwegian we adopted from this same group. If you are thinking of getting a dog please consider a rescued dog of any age and save a life.
The Mounted Patrol Unit (MPU) was established in January of 2010 as an operational police unit. The officers receive a Basic Equitation riding course from the Toronto Police Service where they are educated on horsemanship, riding skills and roadwork.
The mandate of the MPU is to offer high visibility policing, crowd management and active crime prevention in the City of Hamilton. The MPU also works closely with the Police Services’ Action Team to respond to areas identified by hotspot analysis that require focused proactive patrol.
The priorities of the MPU are to heighten the Service’s ability to accomplish:
crime prevention
managing entertainment districts
conducting search and rescue
providing park and trail safety
The MPU consists of 5 horses, 4 full time officers and 4 spare officers in order to ensure year round coverage. The Unit deploys 8 shifts per week, covering; day, afternoon and night shifts.
The horses are all Percheron and Percheron-cross geldings which stand between 17'3 and 18'1 hands high (about 6 feet tall at their withers).
The horses names are all historically significant to the City of Hamilton:
Lincoln - In memory of The Honourable Lincoln Alexander, former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Griffin - After the Griffin House in Dundas, part of the Underground Railroad
RHLI - Royal Hamilton Light infantry, pronounced Riley. We support our troops!
MacNab - Sir Allan MacNab fought in the War of 1812 as a 14 year old boy, lived at Dundurn Castle and was former Premier of the Province of Canada
Argyll - Named after The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s), Argyll honours the close connection between the Hamilton Police Service and the local regiment.
*Hamilton Police Service
The Mounted Patrol Unit (MPU) was established in January of 2010 as an operational police unit. The officers receive a Basic Equitation riding course from the Toronto Police Service where they are educated on horsemanship, riding skills and roadwork.
The mandate of the MPU is to offer high visibility policing, crowd management and active crime prevention in the City of Hamilton. The MPU also works closely with the Police Services’ Action Team to respond to areas identified by hotspot analysis that require focused proactive patrol.
The priorities of the MPU are to heighten the Service’s ability to accomplish:
crime prevention
managing entertainment districts
conducting search and rescue
providing park and trail safety
The MPU consists of 5 horses, 4 full time officers and 4 spare officers in order to ensure year round coverage. The Unit deploys 8 shifts per week, covering; day, afternoon and night shifts.
The horses are all Percheron and Percheron-cross geldings which stand between 17'3 and 18'1 hands high (about 6 feet tall at their withers).
The horses names are all historically significant to the City of Hamilton:
Lincoln - In memory of The Honourable Lincoln Alexander, former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Griffin - After the Griffin House in Dundas, part of the Underground Railroad
RHLI - Royal Hamilton Light infantry, pronounced Riley. We support our troops!
MacNab - Sir Allan MacNab fought in the War of 1812 as a 14 year old boy, lived at Dundurn Castle and was former Premier of the Province of Canada
Argyll - Named after The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s), Argyll honours the close connection between the Hamilton Police Service and the local regiment.
*Hamilton Police Service
Bonorong is a Sanctuary for wildlife run by a passionate team of like-minded people. We’re a social enterprise: a little business with a biiiig heart. The skills and funds generated through the Sanctuary allow us to proactively address problems in our surrounding environment and communities.
A visit to Bonorong is a chance to come closer than ever to something wild and fragile. You’ll come face to face with animals that went extinct long ago in other parts of Australia — the same animals we’re working hard to protect now.
Bonorong is a Sanctuary for wildlife run by a passionate team of like-minded people. We’re a social enterprise: a little business with a biiiig heart. The skills and funds generated through the Sanctuary allow us to proactively address problems in our surrounding environment and communities.
A visit to Bonorong is a chance to come closer than ever to something wild and fragile. You’ll come face to face with animals that went extinct long ago in other parts of Australia — the same animals we’re working hard to protect now.
Flu Shots in Full Swing at Magnolia City Medical Center
Magnolia City, November 19, 2024 — The Magnolia City Medical Center buzzed with activity earlier this week as community members rolled up their sleeves for the seasonal flu shot. Residents of all ages stopped by to protect themselves and their neighbors from the flu, leaving with colorful stickers and lollipops as a sweet reward for their health-conscious efforts.
“It’s great to see so many familiar faces taking proactive steps for their health,” said Dr. Cody Chronotis, Medical Director. “The turnout was incredible, and we’re thankful for the community’s support.”
If you missed the first session, there’s still time to get vaccinated before flu season kicks into high gear. The Medical Center will host another flu shot clinic on Saturday, November 23rd, from 4-5 PM SLT. No appointment is needed—just stop by, and you’ll be in and out in no time.
Don’t miss this opportunity to safeguard your health and pick up some fun goodies along the way! Protect yourself and your community—get your flu shot at Magnolia City Medical Center.
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Bonorong is a Sanctuary for wildlife run by a passionate team of like-minded people. We’re a social enterprise: a little business with a biiiig heart. The skills and funds generated through the Sanctuary allow us to proactively address problems in our surrounding environment and communities.
A visit to Bonorong is a chance to come closer than ever to something wild and fragile. You’ll come face to face with animals that went extinct long ago in other parts of Australia — the same animals we’re working hard to protect now.
Standing before this ruin of a house filled me with a sense of utter hopelessness. It was as if Mother Nature was intent on crushing every last ounce of memory from this place. To eradicate it once and for all from the landscape. It wasn't just the deterioration that got to me. I've visited penalty of old houses in various stages of decay. Here it was the manner in which the house appeared as if being pulled into the ground by an unseen fist reaching up from beneath. You sense that there is simply no longer any structural support with only a pair of chimneys still standing in a near normal position. This didn't happen overnight. I've been watching this place slip away for years now. Very gradual at first. In fact in the early years you could imagine someone still living here. But the pace of destruction really began to accelerate once the roof gave way. And now habitation is quite unimaginable. I visited here in late March before the trees began to bud. The lot is so overgrown now that it's difficult to even approach the structure on account of numerous tree trunks. And even now the house is virtually invisible from the highway even though it sits back just a few dozen feet. I figured this might be my last opportunity to photograph the place, even though I've told myself the same thing every spring for the past ten years. Funny thing about 'last times' is you often really don't realize when you experienced once until after the fact. So you have to be proactive when photographing abandonments. Otherwise you come back with wonderful stories, but only photos of empty lots. Standing here at point blank range, it's difficult to believe what you're seeing. You can drive past a place like this a million times, but that will never provide the same impact of standing a few feet away, outside of the comfort and safety of a moving car. Being here, you absorb details, context, and most of all the energy of decay. Sounds like my imagination I know, but it's very real. The energy of families that lived here, lives that played out, good or bad, when people called this home. When people drive home from a hard day or night, and this was their destination, their sanctuary. I wonder if any of these people still live in the area. If so, I wonder what they think as they pass by. I would imagine it's something like a recurring gut punch. An awful thing to contemplate.
The Vans Warped Tour 2008 Detroit, MI Friday July 18. Katy Perry, currently famous for the "I Kissed A Girl" song, performing.
photo by: David Defoe
Jenny and I spent a couple of hours down at Brisbane Airport this morning, watching aircraft traffic and listening to the Tower on my scanner. The airline industry is also one of my hobbies. No photos today of aircraft, with Brisbane Airports horrible tall jail like security fences, decent shots of taxi-ing planes are near possible. In addition, landing this morning was east to west and with the newer runway (right) out of sight, this eliminates half the traffic from in flight shots. But we still enjoy watching and listening and perhaps, dreaming!
On the way back, we ventured down to the Luggage Point Treatment Works (now called a Resource Recovery Centre but it's all sewage!) which is not far from the airport and has a wetlands just outside that attracts a lot of birds. Wow, and a lot of birds there today, it was partially flooded and had what appeared some old open piles of grain on hard stored adjacent to the water. All those birds so close to the airport are a bit of a worry.
There were quite a variety and our arrival spooked a large flock of common pigeons and perhaps a few other birds as you can see. Worse still, there must have been a 1000 Magpie Geese along the wetlands, no doubt the grain a bit of a temptation. These are rather large birds to be hanging around in significant numbers, waiting to be potentially ingested into aircraft engines although of course, Brisbane like many other airports very proactively manages the bird risk. A big job considering the runways that face east immediately cross a mangrove belt on the shores of Moreton Bay after rotation (lift off in other words). A few years back we were waited on a 747 international flight that was considerably delayed while assessments and repairs from a bird strike were made in Brisbane.
2023 was the worst year of my life in many ways. I'm glad to see it go. And while some of the bad things that happened were not on me, I was not as proactive in making things the way I wanted. This is my theme for 2024.
Himalayas
by Scott Mulvahill
I have stood still for too long
made excuses and looked on
from the sidelines, getting too comfortable
I have waited in this place
while the years fly in my face
I am ready, ready to trade it all
I wanna go where I’ve never been
I gotta know what I’ve been missing
I wanna come back different
Home is wherever I wake up
Hollywood to the Himalayas
I gotta find out what I’m made of
and go, go
where I’ve never been
go where I’ve never been
I have run out of meaning
I am starving for feeling
my hands are reaching as I finally dare to dream
i’ve been put on this mission
given myself to the vision
my heart’s begging to break at the seams
I wanna go where I’ve never been
I gotta know what I’ve been missing
I wanna come back different
Home is wherever I wake up
Hollywood to the Himalayas
I gotta find out what I’m made of
and go, go
where I’ve never been
go, go where I’ve never been
go, go
where I’ve never been
go where I’ve never been
I wanna go where I’ve never been
I gotta know what I’ve been missing
I wanna come back different
Home is wherever I wake up
Hollywood to the Himalayas
I gotta find out what I’m made of
and go, go
where I’ve never been
go, go where I’ve never been
go, go
where I’ve never been
go where I’ve never been
This post was due to go up in May but then a bunch of stuff just happened (as it does) - all good stuff though like Anime Expo and a bunch of new license deals with Bandai Visual, Sunrise and more. Much has changed since we last had a look at Desk Diary - not just layout of the office, shop and home but also the equipment that I use which has in turn changed my workflow.
Running the business continues to be a challenge which I want to talk more about in depth - I think its going to be a long post as it will focus on helping other bosses out there who will be having similar challenges in terms of managing people, inventory, time, office logistics, workflows, marketing, profit & loss, trying to grow the business and more on top of the competition playing dirty.
I spend a lot of my time thinking - processing events that have happened and am constantly trying to seek new ideas on how to grow the business and optimise workflows for the current one.
Whenever I sit down and try to write something - because I've got so many ideas I want to share - I end up spending hours on a single section which I then end up copy and pasting into a text file to split off into another post because its just too long - this is another reason for the lack of Desk Diaries and A Week in Tokyo because they contain sections of my life.
Today I'm just going to run through the changes of late starting with my desk which is a reflection of a life project that I've been focusing on - "un-stuffocation" or "Danshari" (pronounced Dan - Shar - Ree and written as 断捨離) in Japanese.
Over the years, I've accumilated many things - some of it still useful - and some of it not so useful but I find that I'm having to find time to organise and clean possessions even though I don't use them.
Remember that the speed of time is relative to how long you have been alive - if you are 2 years old then 1 year will feel like half a life time where as if you are 45 years old (like me) then 1 year is just 1/45th of a lifetime which passes without you even noticing it.
Given that time is running out, I need to make sure that the rest of the time I have is spent on the important stuff - not on the stuff that won't make a difference in the remainder of my life.
This is another subject that I want to spend more time to talk about but for today I will just leave you with a thought.
I was tidying up the office one day and after getting fedup of doing the same thing over and over again, I said to myself - "none of this (stuff that I dont really need) is going to make a difference when I'm dead" and then made the decision to take a leap out of another comfort zone that I crawled into and started to throw or give away stuff that I knew was just using up precious time. Stuff needs places for them to be kept in. Stuff needs to be dusted down unless you like that Halloween cobweb look n feel - all this requires your time but is it worth it for stuff that you dont really need?
Owning more stuff means that it will take longer to find the other stuff that you really need - which is fine if you feel you have the time.
Getting rid of stuff however is a big sacrifice but once you realise that the reluctance to throw stuff out is related to the Comfort Zone then you will start to realise how holding on to stuff prevents you from moving forward. The "well I may need this someday" is related to self preservation that is built into our DNA - and in the society that we live in today that means that you don't feel like getting rid of something because you may need to pay for it again - pay with money that we need for self preservation - pay with your hard earned money.
But out of all the stuff that I've thrown out - there only has been 2 cases where I had to buy that item again - one was an iPhone holder (which fits on a tripod) and some cable - both of these items cost a couple of thousand yen but through the excersise of proactively throwing stuff out, I've probably saved gabillions of yen in terms of my time which I have been able to put to use by spending it on business deals, health and family - or I could have been spending my time (I repeat) to look for stuff, store stuff, clean stuff.
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In a world where our wild habitat is shrinking by the minute, fewer of us appreciate how delicate this planet is. What is a "jungle"? The irony of one of the definitions is that it's a location marked by a struggle of survival. In today's world, that definition has new context.
There are those who are fortunate to live within a few hours of a state park. This photograph is from one of those state parks. Is it threatened? Yes. We have to be proactive to save these wild places, or they will be gone within the next generations lifetime.
Technical note: if you study the photograph closely, you may notice several starbursts (suns) in the corner. The light from the clouds was thin (intense) in several places, allowing the long exposure to expose the multiple thin clouds to appear as sunbursts.
Woolly Hollow State Park, Arkansas. 2006.
Photo # 2006512DSC_220121bws.
(c) Kelly Shipp Photography.
Let them eat cake.
(Influenced by my dairy and its musings.)
As rejected by Global Photojournalism; Protest, Culture, and News . (No reason given).
To qualify this article l would like to go on the record that l have been instructed by some amazing teachers, all with academic titles. Furthermore, it must be said, that l have stated publicly, that l could not name, nor count, the number of exceptional teachers that have instructed me, because there where too many. This article is not about teachers, but a lack of exceptional ones. I personally find it distressing, because all children should be given the type of opportunity l had, and therefore a chance to defend themselves. This article is about a process, one that needs to be classified, and identified, with conscious critical thought. Critical thought involving observations. It involves observations that some of those with titles would or could be ignorant of. A situation, driven by those of systemic privileged, or those with ivory towers that render them unable to see.
All biological systems strive for survival, even small single cell organisms, like amoebas. They do it without seemingly thinking. But the difference between the amoebas, and the humans, is meant to be human thought, and human conciseness. Recently a new local high school was built in Shepparton Victoria Australia, and it was ironically named the super school. Already it has helped give the locals here an education, producing a lot of conscious contemplation among residents. It was the amalgamation of three out of three, or all the of the public high schools in the small city of Shepparton. Its construction left no options for some residents, and in the United States of America, criticism of schools like this new school, is commonplace. In the United States, the lack of choice as to where you can send your children in the public school system causes for some public debate. That debate now rages here, and for good reason. The results were highly predictable, with comparable results to that of America. The result has been that the police have been called repeatedly. There have been weapons, fights, and even the aspersion that a student suicide could be attributed to the new super school. Academic performance of the schools results are now unknown, as the education system now uses a sliding ruler, one that is remotely monitored by a now faceless group. It has resulted with any aspersion, that the school is a failure being foiled and deemed as a baseless slur. Some educated locals went into overdrive sighting personal responsibility of the individual and the lack there of, for some students and parents.
The defence of the hegemon, when the school had become a nightmare, for both the teachers and the Victorian Labour party, became a name and shame process directed at some locals, and their children. Some trying to defend the teacher’s union darling the Australian Labour party, which had help instigated the fiasco. A fiasco that was easily avoided if they had studied the American application of such schools. Was it ignorance? Was it Australian ego for the Victorian education board? Was it in the worst-case scenario, a deliberate act to produce a school that applied an American model? A model, that had historically repeatedly produced poor social outcomes. One that had already failed in the United States? If educated people, including some teachers where defending the super school, it raised the question, where were these teachers and educated people sending their children to be educated? Was it to the new super school? If it was, were they following the tried-and-true public-school scenario, of teachers and influential parents, making sure their children where in handpicked classes? Did they do as had been done before, making sure their children had handpicked teachers, and handpicked students for their children to study with, while the average people got the undesirables? Where they conscious of what they had given their children, or where they being deliberately ignorant? Because if it were found that they were guiding the lily for their children, what would be the public reaction?
How far some educated had shifted from sixties social liberal ideals; and it raises a lot of questions! Did they know what was happing? That it is happening? Where they unwittingly involved, blindsided by psychological drift? Psychological drift being a change so slow and gradual, that they were perceptually blindsided by ignorance, and or a lack of self-awareness. Did they not notice the change in their attitudes? Did they not critically look at what they were and are participating in? Or where they unwittingly led by mistaken ignorant logic? And in the worst-case scenario, was the new school planned? And where the resultant outcomes statistically inevitable, but desired?
This is an initial exploration of investigative journalism, on the outcomes of the worst-case scenario, and is based mostly on firsthand experience and observations. My apologies, for what may seem like a not so interesting picture. But the building in the picture resembles some of the prisons in which some of the students will go to serve sentences. It has been satirically joked, and it was not meant to be funny by some of the locals, that once they go to prison, they will be fully prepared. The building, and violence, will not be much different from the school, that they received their high school education in.
Most people are educated or warned of nepotism at high school, and or university. It is a self-serving process for those that teach it, as it helps classify hereditary royalty or Aristocracy as an exhausted, and or morally corrupt institution. But now this teaching, has become a matter of hypocrisy, for those that teach it. It helps define the institutionally educated as those that should control and distribute influence, because it is said, that they earned their positions via merit, and not via a process involving gross nepotism. Nepotism that is now openly practiced by the educated, when it comes to the education of their children, versus the education of the masses. Some openly fight, unquestioned, for causes that proactively push for their children, to be preferentially, and proactively treated like the children of people of aristocratic tittles were accused of. They even give themselves tittles at universities, letters before their names. It helps distinguish and make themselves distinct from ordinary people, or the new commoners. It even extends to those selected to represent them in the student bodies. But unlike the sixties student bodies that rallied against war, in the new higher education system student bodies, they actively participate in a new form of war.
It is now the new millennium, and there is a new form of warfare to avoid. It involves some people of title, but this is not an article on the aristocracy. It is no longer the song “The fortunate son,” sung by Creedence Clearwater Revival. A sixties song about the sons of the rich and influential not going to war. Now it is the fortune “academic,” the person who has a higher education. They and their children are mostly excluded, and do not have to go to war. I had previously reported that the new courthouse here in Shepparton Victoria Australia, was colloquially being called building B by some of the locals. It is B for Birkenau, and the name is partly why l write this. The other reason is that all the positions of power in building B, are held by people with academic titles. Titles involve in skewed eugenics and nepotism. The scenario faced is like “good cop, bad cop” tactics, but is applied by those with academic titles, not the police. It happens on multiple fronts. One such front is that large numbers of educated people openly promote or condone drug use, while others incarcerate as many as they can. Fifteen percent of all Australian prisoners are imprisoned on drug charges, out of approximately thirty thousand currently in jail, and many more are committed to psychiatric facilities because of it. If the objective of the educated was to reduce harm, they have abjectly failed, and the opposite has happened. Was it intentional? Where they trying to build a prison system as speculated by the band “The system of the down” in the “prison song.” And did The System of the down not see, or know, of the outcomes for those classified as ill, as they promoted in their song as an alternative? I once approached the subject on the Victorian Parliamentary Facebook page. In the description, l drew the analogy, that the incarceration, and medical treatment of individuals for drug use, was like Chinese re-education camps, and that they existed in Victoria, and they existed on an industrial scale.
Has this industrial scale of human processing, produced a form of unconscious time dependent opportunistic nepotism? Like amoebas, instead of critically thinking humans, had we all allowed it to happen? Had we all listened unquestioningly to the educated? And had it created a new form of nepotism. A form that helps the educated-on average, have their children precluded from a statistical death march. A process of prolonged involuntary distress, involving the battlefield of the court, the prison system, involuntary medical treatment and or classification. The result is, the children of the educated, on average get the better jobs, have better outcomes, have higher positions of power, and sway larger numbers of people behind their causes. The consideration of building B, and firsthand observations, raised the horrendous proposition of who needs a gas chamber, when you have statistics? The western world has in general shunned America for its seconded amendment, but a closer look at the west, even those countries without a second amendment of sorts, or an official death sentence, produced horrific observations. The realty is state sanctioned, systemic modern-day murder.
While at university l helped challenge the central dogma of biochemistry with prions, or the protein that causes mad cow disease. A bold effort, but l was young and idealistic. Amusingly it should also be noted that the lecturer l told it too, asked my permission to use it. He later taught me about a story of the two scientists Watson and Crick. As far as my memory servs me, he said, they had plied a French scientist’s son with alcohol, the result was his tongue loosened, and he talked about his father’s research. They subsequently wrote down what he divulged on a bar napkin. It was for the base pair arrangement of DNA (deoxyribose nucleic acid). And from it came the logical deduction for the final double helix model of DNA. Latter l would go on to joke, that Watson and Crick had won a noble prize in biochemistry. Not for the structure of DNA, but for the judicious application of a biochemical agent, or a neuron toxin, ethanol. I was being facetious. Despite some successes at university, it was hard for many reasons. Part of the experience of university was trying to theorise Protein specific proteases to combat the AIDS epidemic. Another was for the construction of proteins to treat the disease. As a result, l gained an appreciation of the complexities of medical treatment when it comes to who dies and who survives, and what role academics play in that process. The conclusion gained was that life and reality are quite brutal.
Academics already openly argue behavioural eugenics with psychiatric history, via genetic predisposition of psychiatric illness. Medical professionals in hospitals and criminal systems, universally practice it throughout Australia. A process that has been publicly shunned for occurring during the second world war, is practiced here in Australia, and the practise is commonplace. As a result, victims, and those suffering psychiatric illness are dosed with poison, and lives are ended prematurely. Slowly, chemically, euthanising thousands, with statistical outcomes. The statistics are, that many psychiatric medications cause on average premature death. Additionally, it is statistically observed that those taking most psychiatric medications are highly discouraged from conceiving, and or nurturing, an in-utero baby while taking their medication. Paradoxically psychiatric professionals discourage most people from stopping their medication; thus, a person is neutered with logic gates. On one hand, it is presumed that a person cannot stop taking their medication for their own safety, and or the safety of the public. And on the other hand, due to the birth defects or abnormalities associated with such medication, and for the sake of your baby, they say those classified, should not have children while being administered their medication. This process occurs for not adhering to the party line, not a political party line, but the new scientific line, one that involves a new group with titles. It is not ironic, that the rules of this process, are not in general being taught to the new commoners.…
Some of the new people with titles are the emperor with no cloths, and they cannot be questioned. l presume criminal history will be next here in Australia for the classification of genetic predisposition, after psychiatric predisposition has been fully fledged. A reborn process, for people of titles. One adopting the Chinese model of re-education camps, like those already here in the state of Victoria. An extension of the current medical model, of psychiatric treatment. A model for social conduct and classification involving social reward. A model that involves if you will have children or not. A process that relies on obeying the edicts of the new people of title.
Do these new people of title, wield absolute rule, as Justin Trudeau a high school teacher, and Canadian prime minister applied to his people for a brief time? It is a rhetorical question. He applied his title, like European aristocracy where stereotypically and historically accused of. By self-edict of law, he made his words unquestionable, and the words of new common people’s (those predominantly without academic titles) decent outlawed. Is this the new party line or the academic line, of pseudo pacifist proper gander? Is this what the new Aristocracy, or people of title do? Is this where you rely on the fallacy of lack of personal responsibility? An assumption involving privy knowledge, before socially engineering incidents via carefully worded classifications, and or, build a school that is most certainly bound to fail, and with it, classify whole blood lines educated in it, as inferior? Classifications using peer reviewed definitions. Peer reviewed definitions written ironically and hypocritically by those with new age titles. Articles which cannot be questioned by the new age commoner, but only by their academic peers. Once again it is rhetorical. All the while, they exclude their own children from the process, with their systemic peer derived privilege. It all sounds historically and remarkably familiar. And it happens while relying on the medical industry complex, and criminal industrial complex, for statistically predetermined social outcomes. It enables people to slowly but surely exterminate their undesirables. It is a proposition that has already happened and is currently happening.
The result is that via spurious association of genetic predisposition for behaviour, some families are being genetically classified, and weeded out via the behaviour of individuals in their families. Part of psychiatric dogma is to look for a family history of psychiatric illness then argue it is genetic. And that that genetic trait is no longer beneficial or needed. If one member of a family has had anything that could be classified as an incident, it is then argued that there is an increased chance of a genetically induced psychiatric incident or incidents happening in other family members. The result of such logic is the application of drugs, such as anti-psychotics, which on average drastically reduce the life span of the patient or victim. The medications, can, and are, forcefully administered, by people of new age titles. The additional subsequent logic gating, weight gain, and body odour causes the person to be seen as undesirable, or substandard, and lowers their chance of having children. The result is a death sentence for the patient, and a reduced chance of them having offspring. In the very least it is murder, if the diagnosis is wrong, and causes a slow, but sure reduction in the size of the victim’s family. As the application of this scientific dogma becomes more prevalent, or prolonged, the result is near genocide.
Personal statistical analysis of public psychiatric facilities is that they are full of people of lower education levels. But full of people that do not lack intellect. Why are the educated mostly excluded and deemed as being above it? They can afford both preferential systemic sympathetic medical representation, and systemic sympathetic legal representation, thus, avoiding the classification of being genetically substandard. Furthermore, those responsible for the classification and criminal punitive punishment of both criminal and psychiatric failings, are associated to those in academic institutions. It is a family operation, no different from the stereotype of aristocracy. When one of their own is brought before the court system, either in the medical or criminal court, it is raised that they are above average, and given on average, lower sentences, or even no sentences at all. They are deemed, as being inherently better than the average human, due to the letters or tittle before their name. It is a repeat of the stereotype of the old aristocratic system, of human classification. The current stereotype of those below the educated, is that they are being incarcerated, and medically treated, for both their good, and the safety of the public. So why are the educated spared more on average from this process, despite in cases committing the same crimes? I can identify no reason, other than their self-appointed peerage.
The observation is that behavioural eugenics, has turned to a practice of statistical genocide over an extended period, and it is a practice being mostly applied by the educated, and in favour of themselves. It is a statistical death march for some families. A prolonged process that involves the application of self-serving statistics, and a classification that ends in the lower chance of reproduction for selected individuals, and the increased chance of a family’s genetics being branded as dangerous or substandard. Thus, it negates any responsibility of having enabled the elimination of that family’s or group’s blood line, or in the very least, part of it, because it was, and is said, to be for the greater good. It is for the “uber alles,” but has nothing to do with German nationalism, and as it stands, it is predominantly males in the groups of families. Leaving the females on average in those families as breeders for those deemed as genetically worthy. Genetically worthy for the last 20 years has been those that had drugs, or those that had an education and there for had money. Those that had drugs, and there for a higher chance for reported psychiatric and criminal incidents, could break the nuclear family rule, but they walked a fine line. In breaking the law, they put their families or the males in their families on lists for slow, undetectable state sanctioned extermination. On the other hand, those with cash and an education, could break the nuclear family rule, having more than two children in an already overpopulated world. Both scenarios being state encouraged with government subsidies.
As an Australian, l found, and find, this scenario highly ironic. If the scenario were not real, it would be satire. It is shocking in its irony because the Australian colony was originally populated with predominantly criminals. According to the new eugenics line of thought, all Australian families, other than new arrivals carry as per the eugenics line of thought, a predisposition, of genetically predetermined behaviour, one that is now being openly classified, as a genetic trait. Doubly ironic, is the historical fact, that they even sent unwilling females from England, who were upon arrival, to be bred with no choice in the matter like cattle, and to service those men deemed as worthy. Nothing in the Australian colony, a previous penal colony, seems to have changed too much, just the family names of the families with titles or letters before their names now differ. And instead of hanging you, they now classify you, and your family, as a genetic medical issue, or defect. A medical issue to be slowly euthanised for the benefit, and protection of society, and the greater good.
The only consideration that this worst-case scenario leaves me with, is have the educated hit the philosophical slippery slope, or have they just thrown the new commoners down it? Creating a caste system via an education system. An education system, skewed in the favour of those with new age titles. An education system, giving systemic preferential treatment too those with new age titles, and their children. Is the new commoner’s child starved of an education? A quality education? One which is now harder for my geographical neighbours to find. An education, which helps prevent their public-school child or children, and their family, from a statistically higher chance, of a state sanctioned, and a state sponsored statistical death march. A march, that begins, and ends, in a trip to building B. A trip, with a higher chance of genocide at the end. And as it stands, my neighbours are being told,” let them eat cake!”
With their striking red legs, blue eye-rings, and orange irises, White-winged Doves (Zenaida asiatica) easily outshine all other North American pigeons and doves. Originally a bird of desert thickets, the White-winged Dove has become a common sight in cities and towns across the southern U.S. When perched, this bird’s neat white crescents along the wing distinguish it from the popular Mourning Dove. In-flight, those subdued crescents become flashing white stripes worthy of the bird’s common name. During the twentieth century, habitat loss and heavy hunting led to a serious drop in White-winged Dove populations in Texas—from as many as 12 million to fewer than 1 million by 1939. But with proactive management of hunting and the species’ ability to adapt to urban living, the population rebounded to some 10-12 million by 2019, and its range is still expanding. White-winged Doves will eat from the ground or elevated bird feeders. They’re fond of seeds, including sunflower, milo, corn, safflower, and they may also eat berries from shrubs.
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Merry Christmas to all my Fickr friends & followers, hope you all enjoy the festive break :)
Thought this would make a nice Christmas upload in lieu of any actual seasonal scenes/weather this year.
This Mazda is on SORN and has been without an MOT since 2013, however the owner seemed to be very proactive in his care for this - apparently warming it up every couple of days and running it up and down the drive. I'd like to have had a chat with him about it, but unfortunately missed him each time I went past.
The other rather extraordinary thing about this car is the mileage - 295,035 in August 2012! I wonder if it now reads 300k.
Looks like there was a fair amount of rust to sort underneath back in 2009, with subsequent MOTs advising of 'extensive welding repairs', which rather backs up the theory that this car has a very caring owner who is determined to hang onto it.
My son is on the Autistic spectrum. He is very tactile (he has to touch and press and stroke everything) and sensitive to noise. So i take him for walks in nice quiet country places. He's actually impacted my photography. As i learn to think more like him, so i can understand his issues and try to be more proactive with his emotional triggers. Then I noticed i started to create and target less complex images. At least in the idea/concept of the image.
X-T1
56mm F/1.2
ISO 200
1/2000
Ava Jhamin For
PWA (Poses With Attitude)
Spoonfull of Sugar Event
Event Opening:
September 18, 2021
Event Closing:
October 2, 2021
PWA has some wonderful items for SOS Event. Some 100% donation to SOS, and some 50% donation to SOS.
Come and visit a wonderful charity event.
Doctors Without Borders is a genuine and proactive care of people and the global scale of their operations.
The sound medical care is a right not a luxury, and sees Doctors Without Borders as a persistent and successful organization determined to make this a tangible fact rather than a vague idea predicated on the approval of any political, religious or moral system.
Second Life, a community without borders, seems a perfect platform for both getting that message out and supporting their endeavors.
Mind the doors, please.
The Hong Kong Central Government Complex, designed to create a visual metaphor of an opened door. The Complex is commonly dubbed the "Doors always open" building.
At its opening ceremony, former Chief Executive Donald Tsang said, "The project has adopted the ‘Door always open’ concept in the design. This open door is now standing behind me. It is not only a distinctive building design, but also a reminder for us to be always open-minded, proactive and receptive to public opinions".
Amidst public protests demanding a true universal suffrage for the Chief Executive election, i.e. one that does not exclude candidates from the opposition pro-democracy camp, the government has begun putting up a barrier around the east wing of the complex, effectively shutting the once opened doors.
Bonorong is a Sanctuary for wildlife run by a passionate team of like-minded people. We’re a social enterprise: a little business with a biiiig heart. The skills and funds generated through the Sanctuary allow us to proactively address problems in our surrounding environment and communities.
A visit to Bonorong is a chance to come closer than ever to something wild and fragile. You’ll come face to face with animals that went extinct long ago in other parts of Australia — the same animals we’re working hard to protect now.
I love to admire art. Often art is proactive in sending a message to the current society. But how about the hidden gems? Why are they hidden? I could ask a ton of questions like...a delicate and introvert messenger? A person with huge ego, just living the moment entirely for him/herself? Maybe the fear of being caught was the reason for this graffiti? No matter reason, the hidden gems deserves a bit attention.
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Camera: Minolta Maxxum 7000
Film: Fuji Superia X-Tra 400
Lens: Minolta 50mm/f1.7
Bonorong is a Sanctuary for wildlife run by a passionate team of like-minded people. We’re a social enterprise: a little business with a biiiig heart. The skills and funds generated through the Sanctuary allow us to proactively address problems in our surrounding environment and communities.
A visit to Bonorong is a chance to come closer than ever to something wild and fragile. You’ll come face to face with animals that went extinct long ago in other parts of Australia — the same animals we’re working hard to protect now.
It may be Movie Night, but Stormtrooper Bruce has something else on his mind tonight. Yes, he has loads of movies lined up, and plenty of food and cold ones to fill their bellies, but STB hopes the guys will cut him some slack while he finishes up his project.
TK-432: OH NO! It's the Throne of Pain! I hope you're not planning on making one of us sit in that thing! I promise I'll be on my best behavior tonight!
TK-1110: What he said! Plus, I'll even go ahead and volunteer for Clean-up Duty if that'll keep me out of that thing!
STB: Hold your tauntauns, this isn't for you. I realized the other day that Palpatine's nephew is finished homeschooling for the summer. And, Christmas in July is just around the corner. And, if history repeats itself - you know what that means!
TK-432: Um, maybe. Care to clarify? And... what's that scary looking stuffed thingy that's not a teddy bear?
STB: It means I might wind up having to 'Trooper Sit' you-know-who again. So, I'm being proactive, planning ahead. And I bought that stuffed thingy at the P's Petting Zoo Giftshop to keep his nephew company, since you asked.
RK-1110: OK. And what does being proactive and planning ahead mean? You're making the kid sit in that thing?
STB: Well, actually. I'm doing some upgrades and making a few improvements. Whenever he has time out, he'll have to sit in here - only it'll be The Bestest Chair Ever! He'll get to play games on his laptop, watch movies galore, listen to music, whatever he wants! He'll love it so much he won't want to leave it! I'm even installing a food tray so he can snack to his little hearts content!
TK-432: Dude! You've lost it. You're totally loco!
TK-1110: No, he's not. He's brilliant! He's turning that thing into the Throne of Games!
STB: So, um, does that mean you're still volunteering for Clean-up Duty afterward?
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The populist political movement grew out of the late 19th century. Its aim was to demand that government play a larger and more proactive role in the lives of ordinary people. As formed in the U.S., it was a coalition of the grange movement of farmers along with labor unionists. They sought to expand the role of the federal government. They felt in a representative democracy, one which ostensibly drew its power and legitimacy from the population by their vote, must do more than make treaties, wage wars, control interstate commerce, and levy taxes. They believed the power of the government could and should be used as a shield of protection of the least powerful citizens. Also that minorities of all ilk, should be protected from the tyranny of the majority.
There is too, another much darker side to political movements which lay claim to populism. This is a movement, not with the plaintive cry of the oppressed, but rather one with the strident call of would be oppressors. A movement that says, on one hand, that the government must be reduced in size and scope, and ‘removed’ from the backs of its citizens, and on the other hand, that it should be empowered to seek out and punish the enemies of the people both foreign and domestic. It is the politics of of the scapegoat. It is the politics of vilification of the other. It is the politics that appeal to the very worst angels of our nature.
Democracies are strong, but inherently fragile creations. They gather their strength from a majority opinion, that both civilization and civility are worth preserving. Is there here in this world, any modern industrial democratic nation state that is further away than 1 fire in the Reichstag, from the fall into totalitarianism?
Danger, do not dig.
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Bonorong is a Sanctuary for wildlife run by a passionate team of like-minded people. We’re a social enterprise: a little business with a biiiig heart. The skills and funds generated through the Sanctuary allow us to proactively address problems in our surrounding environment and communities.
A visit to Bonorong is a chance to come closer than ever to something wild and fragile. You’ll come face to face with animals that went extinct long ago in other parts of Australia — the same animals we’re working hard to protect now.
Testimonies | Embarking on the Path of Belief in God
In 1991, by the grace of God, I began to follow because of an illness. At that time I didn’t know anything about believing in God, but the amazing thing is that, when reading the words expressed by Almighty God, I enjoyed it. I felt that His words were so good, and when I sang or prayed I was frequently moved by the Holy Spirit to the point of weeping. That sweetness in my heart, that enjoyment was as if a joyous event had come upon me. Particularly when I was in gatherings with brothers and sisters, the Holy Spirit would do such great work, and through singing hymns, reading God’s words, and fellowshiping on the truth, I felt so bright and at ease in my heart. I felt as if I had transcended the flesh and I was living in the third heaven, that everything belonging to the world had been cast to the winds. I was very joyful and happy. So at that time I believed that believing in God was just enjoying His grace and blessings.
recommenda to you: God rules
Ava Jhamin For
PWA (Poses With Attitude)
Spoonfull of Sugar Event
Event Opening:
September 18, 2021
Event Closing:
October 2, 2021
PWA has some wonderful items for SOS Event. Some 100% donation to SOS, and some 50% donation to SOS.
Come and visit a wonderful charity event.
Doctors Without Borders is a genuine and proactive care of people and the global scale of their operations.
The sound medical care is a right not a luxury, and sees Doctors Without Borders as a persistent and successful organization determined to make this a tangible fact rather than a vague idea predicated on the approval of any political, religious or moral system.
Second Life, a community without borders, seems a perfect platform for both getting that message out and supporting their endeavors.
Happy New Year!
I hope you're all having a wonderful holiday season.
I've been spending my time organizing my hard drives and revising some unreleased works. I'm planning to gradually release them throughout 2025, so I hope you'll look forward to them.
I also started a YouTube channel last year, but I lost momentum in the latter half and wasn't able to create many videos. I have plenty of video ideas, but unfortunately, creating YouTube videos is time-consuming. However, I'm aiming to upload at least one video per month in 2025, so please stay tuned.
That being said, I don't intend to become a full-time YouTuber. My main focus is on creating my own work as an artist.
At the same time, I'm planning to be more proactive in teaching my techniques and artistic approach to young people and those who are just starting out in monochrome fine art.
So, everyone,
Enjoy your holidays, recharge your batteries, and let's make 2025 a fantastic year!
Happy Holidays!
In the years prior to the London Country Routemasters returning to LT, front roof dome damage massively increased. Inevitable perhaps given the more rural nature of London Country routes - along with an ongoing vehicle shortage that didn`t provide for cosmetic repairs and a move towards making local authorities responsible for the branch cutting that was once so proactively attended to when LT controlled the area that later became LCBS.
RMC 1498 is a typical example. This picture of it leaving Chiswick Works was taken on 1 March 1979 - which was a Thursday. That was the day of driving tests. I would suggest that this is the case here. The driver appears to be in uniform and is possibly a conductor hoping to become a driver. The second trainee is sat upstairs out of the way of the Examiner who is sat in the usual seat used by the Instructor who is nearby.
Bonorong is a Sanctuary for wildlife run by a passionate team of like-minded people. We’re a social enterprise: a little business with a biiiig heart. The skills and funds generated through the Sanctuary allow us to proactively address problems in our surrounding environment and communities.
A visit to Bonorong is a chance to come closer than ever to something wild and fragile. You’ll come face to face with animals that went extinct long ago in other parts of Australia — the same animals we’re working hard to protect now.
no I havent had implants, these are falsies made by proactive prosthetics, useful for drawing attention away from my face!
MacNab
Bayfront Park
Hamilton, Ontario Canada
The Mounted Patrol Unit (MPU) was established in January of 2010 as an operational police unit. The officers receive a Basic Equitation riding course from the Toronto Police Service where they are educated on horsemanship, riding skills and roadwork.
The mandate of the MPU is to offer high visibility policing, crowd management and active crime prevention in the City of Hamilton. The MPU also works closely with the Police Services’ Action Team to respond to areas identified by hotspot analysis that require focused proactive patrol. The highly visible and approachable horses draw the young and old alike to an open conversation with police officers while discouraging criminal acts through their presence.
The priorities of the MPU are to heighten the Service’s ability to accomplish:
crime prevention
managing entertainment districts
conducting search and rescue
providing park and trail safety
The MPU consists of 5 horses, 4 full time officers and 4 spare officers in order to ensure year round coverage. The Unit deploys 8 shifts per week, covering; day, afternoon and night shifts.
The horses are all Percheron and Percheron-cross geldings which stand between 17'3 and 18'1 hands high (about 6 feet tall at their withers).
The horses names are all historically significant to the City of Hamilton:
Lincoln - In memory of The Honourable Lincoln Alexander, former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Griffin - After the Griffin House in Dundas, part of the Underground Railroad
RHLI - Royal Hamilton Light infantry, pronounced Riley. We support our troops!
MacNab - Sir Allan MacNab fought in the War of 1812 as a 14 year old boy, lived at Dundurn Castle and was former Premier of the Province of Canada
Argyll - Named after The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s), Argyll honours the close connection between the Hamilton Police Service and the local regiment.
*Hamilton Police Service
Spring has progressed to its "weedy' phase and I'm now contemplating the weed eater as the grasses are well over knee high on my property. Three weeks ago I was all about the lupine but now that we're entering May the work begins. It's time to be proactive about the upcoming fire season.
Happy May Day everyone.
Nevada County CA
Toshiro inexplicably cramming his face into the hood of my macro lens. This is why I always proactively disclose the fact that I have a cat when I sell stuff on eBay.
“People who are too optimistic seem annoying. This is an unfortunate misinterpretation of what an optimist really is.
An optimist is neither naive, nor blind to the facts, nor in denial of grim reality. An optimist believes in the optimal usage of all options available, no matter how limited. As such, an optimist always sees the big picture. How else to keep track of all that’s out there? An optimist is simply a proactive realist.
An idealist focuses only on the best aspects of all things (sometimes in detriment to reality); an optimist strives to find an effective solution. A pessimist sees limited or no choices in dark times; an optimist makes choices.
When bobbing for apples, an idealist endlessly reaches for the best apple, a pessimist settles for the first one within reach, while an optimist drains the barrel, fishes out all the apples and makes pie.
Annoying? Yes. But, oh-so tasty!”
― Vera Nazarian
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The Mounted Patrol Unit (MPU) was established in January of 2010 as an operational police unit. The officers receive a Basic Equitation riding course from the Toronto Police Service where they are educated on horsemanship, riding skills and roadwork.
The mandate of the MPU is to offer high visibility policing, crowd management and active crime prevention in the City of Hamilton. The MPU also works closely with the Police Services’ Action Team to respond to areas identified by hotspot analysis that require focused proactive patrol.
The priorities of the MPU are to heighten the Service’s ability to accomplish:
crime prevention
managing entertainment districts
conducting search and rescue
providing park and trail safety
The MPU consists of 5 horses, 4 full time officers and 4 spare officers in order to ensure year round coverage. The Unit deploys 8 shifts per week, covering; day, afternoon and night shifts.
The horses are all Percheron and Percheron-cross geldings which stand between 17'3 and 18'1 hands high (about 6 feet tall at their withers).
The horses names are all historically significant to the City of Hamilton:
Lincoln - In memory of The Honourable Lincoln Alexander, former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Griffin - After the Griffin House in Dundas, part of the Underground Railroad
RHLI - Royal Hamilton Light infantry, pronounced Riley. We support our troops!
MacNab - Sir Allan MacNab fought in the War of 1812 as a 14 year old boy, lived at Dundurn Castle and was former Premier of the Province of Canada
Argyll - Named after The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s), Argyll honours the close connection between the Hamilton Police Service and the local regiment.
*Hamilton Police Service
By December of 1941, Fort Morgan was once again active for military service. As a proactive preparation for U.S. involvement in World War II, the U.S. Navy reactivated the post and began using it as an ordnance depot for incoming and departing ships. Armament of the post was upgraded when Battery F, 50th Coast Artillery arrived with their 155mm GPF guns. These sat on Panama Mounts like seen here. A circular concrete gun mount that facilitated the mounting and rotation of the 155mm gun so that it could be fired across a wider area that was to be protected. What is left of these mounts is seen above...
Fort Morgan holds a couple of distinctions as a piece of American history...it was placed on the National Historic Landmarks register on December 12, 1960 and included on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. All of the information above was taken from either the original documents submitted to the NRHP for listing consideration or the Fort Morgan website through the Alabama Historical Commission:
npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail/6442f2c2-41f7-4c82-893...
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Bonorong is a Sanctuary for wildlife run by a passionate team of like-minded people. We’re a social enterprise: a little business with a biiiig heart. The skills and funds generated through the Sanctuary allow us to proactively address problems in our surrounding environment and communities.
A visit to Bonorong is a chance to come closer than ever to something wild and fragile. You’ll come face to face with animals that went extinct long ago in other parts of Australia — the same animals we’re working hard to protect now.
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Chianti is a red Italian wine produced in Tuscany. The first definition of a wine-area called Chianti was made in 1716. The earliest documentation of a Chianti wine dates back to the thirteenth century when viticulture was known to flourish in the Chianti Mountains around Florence. Discover the most celebrated region of Tuscany. The vineyards of this area produce one of the best wines in the world: Chianti Classico. This Wine represents a major source of wealth for the Chianti area, no wonder then that this product has been particularly looked after and protected, in order to distinguish its quality from other wine productions. This is why a rigid legislation has been introduced to regulate the production of Classic Chianti. The first limit obviously regards the geographical area where the grape must grow. But not only the vineyards must be cultivated in the prescribed area: the whole process of wine-making, storage and bottling must take place inside the protected zone. The grape variety from which Chianti is produced is Sangiovese. The alcoholic strength must not exceed 12 %. In addition to this, there are other requirements that must be followed, regarding the average amount of dry product (24 g/l); the acidity rate (4,5 g/l), the colour (intense ruby red), the smell (fruity, with nuances of wildflowers, berries, cherries or plums) and taste (harmonious, dry, strong and with respectable tannin).
We drive on the glorious wine roads of Tuscany. Grapes and olives require similar climatic and soil conditions and share coinciding harvest times, making them a natural pair in the fields.
Long-term agricultural biodiversity appeals to vineyard owners, who realize that economic and seasonal variables, as well as consumer taste, make production of more than one quality product a proactive approach. Additionally, olive groves protect vineyards against strong winds, acting as windbreaks. We visit the farms and cellars and ofcourse taste the great Chianti wine.
Denk je aan Toscana, dan zie je stadjes op heuveltoppen, wijngaarden omzoomd door cipressen zover het oog reikt. Liefhebbers weten dat je overal tussen die landerijen. wijnhuizen kunt vinden waar je ook nog eens kunt proeven... het idee alleen al doet je toch bijna het water in de mond lopen. Ook als je weer thuis bent en je neemt een slok van je meegebrachte wijn, ben je er in je gedachten weer helemaal: op dat zonovergoten terras in Castellina in Chianti of bij dat fantastische restaurant met die truffelgerechten in Monteriggioni. Zeg je wijn in Toscana, dan zeg je Chianti, een wijn die zich in de laatste 30 jaar tot Classico heeft ontwikkeld. Chianti is de bekendste en populairste van alle Italiaanse wijnen. De wijn wordt gemaakt van de alom aanwezige Sangiovese-druif, die graag veel zon heeft en goed bestand is tegen grote temperatuurschommelingen. De belangrijkste Chianti-zones worden gevormd door de streek Chianti Classico gelegen rond Castellina. Zoals met zoveel in Italia, is ook de wijnbouw begonnen in het zuiden, maar hebben de noorderlingen het later overgenomen. Na de Romeinse tijd kwam de zuidelijke wijnbouw in de versukkeling. De oudste ononderbroken wijntraditie. In de Renaissance kwam de productie weer helemaal terug en wel in...Toscana. Rijke handelaars en bankiers zoals de families Frescobaldi en Antinori namen druivenrassen mee uit Frankrijk en legden daarmee de basis voor het feit dat Toscana tegenwoordig de oudste onononderbroken wijntradities van Italië kent.
The Mounted Patrol Unit (MPU) was established in January of 2010 as an operational police unit. The officers receive a Basic Equitation riding course from the Toronto Police Service where they are educated on horsemanship, riding skills and roadwork.
The mandate of the MPU is to offer high visibility policing, crowd management and active crime prevention in the City of Hamilton. The MPU also works closely with the Police Services’ Action Team to respond to areas identified by hotspot analysis that require focused proactive patrol.
The priorities of the MPU are to heighten the Service’s ability to accomplish:
crime prevention
managing entertainment districts
conducting search and rescue
providing park and trail safety
The MPU consists of 5 horses, 4 full time officers and 4 spare officers in order to ensure year round coverage. The Unit deploys 8 shifts per week, covering; day, afternoon and night shifts.
The horses are all Percheron and Percheron-cross geldings which stand between 17'3 and 18'1 hands high (about 6 feet tall at their withers).
The horses names are all historically significant to the City of Hamilton:
Lincoln - In memory of The Honourable Lincoln Alexander, former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Griffin - After the Griffin House in Dundas, part of the Underground Railroad
RHLI - Royal Hamilton Light infantry, pronounced Riley. We support our troops!
MacNab - Sir Allan MacNab fought in the War of 1812 as a 14 year old boy, lived at Dundurn Castle and was former Premier of the Province of Canada
Argyll - Named after The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s), Argyll honours the close connection between the Hamilton Police Service and the local regiment.
*Hamilton Police Service
Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcome X
Dr. King's philosophy was one of non-violence, and this article looks at the alternative views of Malcolm X which are not aired quite so frequently.
Dr. King is probably remembered as the most famous African-American leader in US history. At the time of his assassination in 1968 he was at the forefront of the civil rights movement in the US. He left behind him a legacy of committed, non-violent resistance to an unjust system. But perhaps his greatest legacy is his aspiration for a future in which racial division would be a thing of the past: his famous dream.
But there were limits to the effectiveness of King’s philosophy. His approach was essentially what theorist Robert Cox would call a ‘problem solving’ approach - in other words, King seemed to be trying to work for change within an existing system for most of his life. Another 1960s black leader whose ideas presented more of a challenge to the existing structures of US society:
Malcolm X. He was similarly assassinated three years before Martin Luther King. Although his approach to the problem of institutional racism in America was an essential component of the civil rights struggle, we hear much less about his ideas.
Whenever Malcom X is brought up it is first necessary to dispense with the inevitable accusations: yes, Malcom X was - for a time - a so-called ‘racist in reverse’. He once believed in an exclusionary form of Islam, believing that the white man was the devil. This did not refer to some white people, or to most white people, but to ALL white people.
But Malcolm X changed his views on that score. Indeed, his entire life was marked by his willingness to alter his views. He made many remarkable changes throughout his life, moving from a life of armed robbery, gambling, and dealing in cocaine and marijuana to an ascetic life as a devout Muslim. And by the time of his return from visiting Mecca in 1964, he had changed his views on white people. His travels through the Middle East and Africa had led him to learn the error of his racist views of whites. In a dramatic turnaround, he wrote an open letter for distribution to the press in which he rejected his earlier racism.
He still believed in his struggle to fight for the emancipation of his race, but no longer believed that all white people were his enemies.
Of course, the reality of 1960s North America was that many whites were the enemies of black people. And both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King were struggling to change the situation, so that African-Americans would not continue to be the victims of America.
Their methods and views were very different. Dr. King was a Christian minister, whereas Malcolm X not only became a Muslim in a jailhouse conversion, but had a history of hostility towards Christianity. One of the most powerful images in Spike Lee’s biopic of Malcolm X is of Denzel Washington, as Malcolm, arguing in jail about the colour of Jesus’ skin. He was arguing that Jesus was born in a part of the world where the indigenous population had historically been ‘people of colour’.
He later moderated his criticism of Christianity, and was willing to work alongside black Christian leaders, but - similar to a Marxist view of religion - he always felt that black people in America had been kept passive by Christianity since the time of slavery. They would tolerate hell in the present because of the promise of heaven in the hereafter.
One of the most interesting differences between the philosophies of the two men, and one which is pertinent today given the imminent 1916 celebrations, is their attitude to violence. Martin Luther King espoused a ‘turn the other cheek’ philosophy, whereas Malcolm X had a philosophy of “vigorous action in self defence”. These two philosophies were juxtaposed in another Spike Lee film, ‘Do the Right Thing‘, which finishes with a quote from each man.
However, Malcolm X did not believe in violence in all crcumstances, and generally spoke about violence as a defensive mechanism rather than as aggression. He suggested that black people should form rifle clubs. It should be remembered that gun ownership was entirely legal, and that this was in a context where the Ku Klux Klan were very active, and civil rights legislation had yet to be enacted.
On one occasion, he advocated self defence after seeing television footage from Alabama of Martin Luther King being knocked down by a racist. He sent a message to Lincoln Rockwell, one of the white supremacist agitators in Alabama and the leader of the American Nazi Party, warning him that if these racist attacks continued they would be met with “maximum physical retaliation”. His philosophy was not motivated by hate, but by ‘intelligence’. He believed that self-defence was morally justified, and also cited hypocrisy of the US drafting black men to be violent in its army, but then condemning them for being ready to defend themselves in a just cause at home:
"They're violent in Korea, they're violent in Germany, they're violent in the south Pacific, they're violent in Cuba, they're violent wherever they go. But when it comes time for you and me to protect ourselves against lynchings, they tell us to be nonviolent" (Detroit, Feb 14th 1965 - 8 days before his death).
It is important to remember, as noted in Malcolm’s eulogy by actor Ossie Davis, that Malcolm X was never personally associated with any violence himself. His view was that a black population that was willing to defend itself would make for a more peaceful society, as they would be less likely to be the victims of attack. It was also clear that the government was failing to protect the black community, and Malcolm X believed that a proactive African-American policy of self defence would force the government to step in and do its job.
Malcolm X saw the futility of trying to change the system from within, and in appealling to the government for change. He believed in taking action to improve circumstances of discrimination or oppression. He spoke about a 'do it yourself philosophy, a do it right now philosophy, an it's already too late philosophy'. He knew that African-American people could not achieve fairness in the system of the time, and this was the reason for his militancy and urgency. But he was also conscious that his militancy would make the more moderate path of Martin Luther King appear more acceptable in comparison. At a speech in Jan/Feb 1965 in Selma, Alabama, where King was in jail, Malcolm X spoke at a rally and sat beside King's wife on the podium. Dr. King's wife told ‘Jet’ magazine that Malcolm X told her that he "wanted to present an alternative; that it mght be easier for whites to accept Martin's proposals after hearing him (Malcolm X)... He seemed rather anxious to let Martin know that he was ...trying to make it easier [for him]" (cited in Alex Haley's introduction to The Autobiography of Malcolm X). So in his militancy, Malcolm X was also consciously attempting to open up a space for more moderate voices to be heard.
Malcolm X's approach was an essential component of the civil rights struggle, and I believe that his commitment, his militancy, and his unwillingness to compromise or be co-opted mean that his ideas have far more emancipatory potential than those of Martin Luther King.
Malcolm X died while his ideas were still developing - who knows what solutions he would have come up with if he had been allowed to live?
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I saw these lights when I was driving back from my thanksgiving dinner. Spotify was playing Bombay Bicycle Club and it all kind of hit me.
I think what I like most about thanksgiving is that all of the roads are quiet and everyone is inside. It makes outside a pleasant place to be.
I've decided to be more "proactive" with getting more likes on my fbook page so let's do thissss
Bonorong is a Sanctuary for wildlife run by a passionate team of like-minded people. We’re a social enterprise: a little business with a biiiig heart. The skills and funds generated through the Sanctuary allow us to proactively address problems in our surrounding environment and communities.
A visit to Bonorong is a chance to come closer than ever to something wild and fragile. You’ll come face to face with animals that went extinct long ago in other parts of Australia — the same animals we’re working hard to protect now.
Was invited to visit a farm in east Kent today, where proactive management of field margins and in woods have resulted in an explosion of orchids. Mostly Southern Marsh, but some Common Spotted too, and therefore many, many of their bastard offspring as well.
Some of the hybrids had spotted leaves, many did not, so who knows what their heritage was?
But sometimes, you just have to look and admire them for their beauty.
A great day among the orchids and buttercups.
The Mounted Patrol Unit (MPU) was established in January of 2010 as an operational police unit. The officers receive a Basic Equitation riding course from the Toronto Police Service where they are educated on horsemanship, riding skills and roadwork.
The mandate of the MPU is to offer high visibility policing, crowd management and active crime prevention in the City of Hamilton. The MPU also works closely with the Police Services’ Action Team to respond to areas identified by hotspot analysis that require focused proactive patrol.
The priorities of the MPU are to heighten the Service’s ability to accomplish:
crime prevention
managing entertainment districts
conducting search and rescue
providing park and trail safety
The MPU consists of 5 horses, 4 full time officers and 4 spare officers in order to ensure year round coverage. The Unit deploys 8 shifts per week, covering; day, afternoon and night shifts.
The horses are all Percheron and Percheron-cross geldings which stand between 17'3 and 18'1 hands high (about 6 feet tall at their withers).
The horses names are all historically significant to the City of Hamilton:
Lincoln - In memory of The Honourable Lincoln Alexander, former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Griffin - After the Griffin House in Dundas, part of the Underground Railroad
RHLI - Royal Hamilton Light infantry, pronounced Riley. We support our troops!
MacNab - Sir Allan MacNab fought in the War of 1812 as a 14 year old boy, lived at Dundurn Castle and was former Premier of the Province of Canada
Argyll - Named after The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s), Argyll honours the close connection between the Hamilton Police Service and the local regiment.
*Hamilton Police Service