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"...The problem begins when we try to claim that any belief system is the only solution to every issue and aspect of life ... "
Definitely, this problem destroyed many hopes...Can't we do something about it?
Dedicated to Tareque Masud and Catherine Masud who sacrificed their lives for telling untold stories of our country... inspire us... give us hope for at least another 40 years...
[hope III]
although I think this bullshit isn't OK at all!
It's very very hard to add your photos to my favs at the moment. It sucks!
Hopes and fears are all we ever see.
We made a contract in a field of snow.
Anticipation.
Having taken a shot of 6Z38 leaving Cracoe village, it was a fast dash to Scale House to wade through the snow with Ruby and wait for the shot of it passing the ruined barn. Unable to resist firing off an early shot, I quite like this approach shot showing the train in the winter landscape with a couple of pole photters in the field.
On a peerless day, 60026 HELVELLYN hauls it's train between Taylor's Bridge at Rylstone and Clint Rock. This was 6Z38. the VSTP 12.26 Rylstone (Swinden) Quarry to Doncaster Down Decoy, conveying empties after an aborted trip because of problems with the loading equipment at the quarry.
I wanted to state that this is not my house; although I wish it were. When we were kicking around the idea to move to Massachusetts, we flew out during Thanksgiving week to make sure we wanted Massachusetts to become our new home. I had been drooling over this house on a real estate website so we decided to drive out and take a look during an open house. First of all, the house is PINK! I loved the idea of living in a pink house. This house felt so right to me; the owner was selling because his girlfriend (I don't think they were married) had passed away and I believe he wanted to get away and start over. She was an artist and the walls were covered with her art. I will confess, I teared up when I walked inside. It was built in the late 1800's and had charm oozing out of its walls. We weren't in the position to buy at that time (we still had a house in Seattle to sell), but I'll never forget this house. So glad I took photos that day.
NPK251R seen here posed at Gledhow turning circle in Leeds. This was after Geldards had stopped operating commercial stage carriage services and were concentrating on schoolwork. I only drove this bus a couple of times when i was doing some part time work for them, it was a lively little thing, if somewhat tired.
Singer Sewing Machine Model 28K. This machine from its serial number was manufactured in Clydebank, Scotland around 1903. The factory was dominated by the world's largest four faced clock - five feet larger than Big Ben. The factory covered a 46 acre site at Kilbowie near Clydebank and used 20 million bricks in its construction, was opened in 1885. At the end of the 19th Century the workforce of over 5000 men and women was manufacturing 80% of the world’s sewing machines. With 11,500 workers employed at the plant at its peak, in 1913 Singer shipped 1,301,851 sewing machines from its factory doors to households and businesses around the world. Financial problems and lack of orders forced its closure in June 1980. A closure that heralded the end of 95 years of sewing machine manufacturing in the area, at a factory that had produced an estimated 36 million sewing machines in its years of operation.
Taken with a Canon EOS 3 on Kodak 400TMAX, using an EF 24-70mm f/2.8. Developed in repelenished XTOL. Scanned using a Canon 5DS R and an EF 100mm f/2.8.
When Aron and Widogast (the monster hunter) met in the Golden Crown Inn in Rindael, Widogast made a deal with Aron (who is known to only go after dragons) to hunt a cockatrice, which is best described as a two-legged dragon, wyvern, or serpent-like creature with a rooster's head, so at least part of it was a dragon.
"Drinks on me when you bring me a cockatrice head." said Widogast.
"Only drinks?" asked Aron.
"Well, you may keep the bounty too." replied Widogast "or are you afraid of it?"
Aron: "No way, I'll get you that cockatrice head, I am not affraid of some chicken."
"Okay, deal, may luck be on your side then." said Widogast jokingly.
"Ha, where I'm going I don't need any luck." replied Aron.
A cockatrice was recently spotted on the border of Faldia and the Daelen near the Whispering Woods.
Aron's preparation included polishing his armor, and putting a special mirror coating on his shield. But when he finally reached the place where the creature was spotted, he couldn't believe his eyes, no report made mentions of the size of the beast. Trampling the fence near the path, the beast almost was the same height of a nearby tree.
"That dammed Widogast, he knew the size of that beast, I'm sure of it..." thought Aron. "Well, here I go..."
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Another build in the Whispering Woods serie, see: flic.kr/s/aHsmW3WD4h, made for the CCC Crafty Creature
category and capturing character for Brickscalibur.
...that I don't have a problem.... but not enough time... :-)
This is Yarow, one of the Dogs from Zbyszek Kunert (PL). I was in Austria last weekend - Sled Dog Race in Sportgastein.
Unfortunately there was a storm on Saturday so only on Sunday the stage was opened for the race.
A lot of dogs of course, a lot of fun with great people.
I will miss this kind of action on the weekend for the next months. It was a great pleasure to be on those events with the mushers and the beautiful dogs
Business gets complicated !!!
There are times when the most effective thing is to simplify things and that is what this seller does.
Water for Sale
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Probleme bei der Hilfe…
Afrika sei ein faszinierender Kontinent, sagte Renate, die Entwicklungshelferin und erklärte den beiden ihr im Zugabteil gegenübersitzenden Frauen, in welchem Bereichen der Wassergewinnung sie tätig sei und wo die Schwierigkeiten lägen, die es in dem Dorf gebe, wo derzeit die Bewässerungsanlagen aufgebaut würden.
„Man hat es mit merkwürdigen Hierarchien zu tun“, sagte sie. „Der Dorfvorsteher weigert sich gerade, den Weisungen aus der Hauptstadt zu folgen. Vielleicht geht das auch wieder gegen mich, als Frau. Jedenfalls will er keine Wassergebühr. Die soll erhoben werden, damit die Bewässerungsgräben und Rohrleitungen von angestelltem Personal regelmäßig instand gehalten werden können. Sonst verwuchert und verschlammt alles im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes. Der Betrag ist gering im Vergleich zu den Kosten, die Wasserverkäufer erheben, wenn sie in den Trockenzeiten Wasser per LKW ankarren.“
Karin, eine der Zuhörerinnen der kurzweiligen Geschichten, stellte ein paar spezifische Fragen zu den Umständen in Schwarzafrika und drängte das Gespräch dann in eine psychologische Richtung indem sie zum Beispiel fragte: „Wie werden Sie mit den Belästigungen und Beleidigungen der Männer fertig?“
„Wir werden durch Schulungen mit der Mentalität der Menschen in Zentralafrika vertraut gemacht. Wir finden dort ein hohes Maß an unkontrollierten Emotionen vor und dem kann man, bei allem Verständnis, nur mit Disziplin und Hierarchie begegnen.
Lokale Politiker und einige aus der Stadt führen uns bei den Dorfgemeinschaften ein. Wir erhalten Respekt und die Afrikaner wissen schon untereinander, dass mit ihnen nicht zimperlich umgegangen wird, wenn man sich an Projekthelfern vergreift. Das läuft da zum Teil noch sehr archaisch und man darf keine Schwächen zeigen.“
„Sie sind eine sehr selbstbewusste Frau“, antwortete Karin. „Ich wünschte mir, ich hätte ein wenig mehr von Ihrer Kraft.“
„Ich saß schon immer voller Tatendrang“, sagte Renate. „Selbstbewusst bin ich nicht, aber energisch, wenn es sein muss. Meine Selbstzweifel und Skrupel darf ich nicht zeigen. Jede gezeigte Verunsicherung springt auf die Umgebung über und dann läuft alles schief.“
Auf die Frage hin, ob sie ein konkretes Beispiel nennen könne, überlegte Karin einen Augenblick und sprach über die negativen Aspekte der geleisteten Hilfe und die Einmischung in bestehende Gemeinschaften.
„Durch dieses Projekt entziehen wir dem Fluss Wasser für ein weit zurück liegendes Hinterland. Die Weideflächen werden vergrößert und entsprechend der Viehbestand. Der Wohlstand nimmt zu und die Kinderzahl wächst. Doch alle acht bis zehn Jahre im Schnitt kommt eine natürliche Dürre und der Fluss führt kaum noch Wasser. Da können auch die Wind- und Solarpumpen nichts mehr auf die Weiden bringen. Ich vermute manchmal, dass wir da eine Sache basteln, die noch zu viel Unglück führen kann. Vor etwa neun Jahren verdursteten während einer solchen Dürre etwa die Hälfte der Tiere.
Alles rief nach Bewässerungsanlagen, um eine solche Katastrophe in der Zukunft zu vermeiden.
Das könnte auch klappen, wenn der Viehbestand ungefähr gleich bliebe. Etwa fünftausend Köpfe kann die Anlage auch bei Niedrigwasser versorgen. Doch ich wette, dass der Bestand schon in drei bis vier Jahren bei zehntausend liegen wird.“
Alle schwiegen für ein paar Sekunden, dann erzählte Renate einen Traum:
„Ich sah einen vertrockneten Baum am trockenen Flussbett, ein Vogel lag auf dem Boden, und im Hintergrund stand ein roter Hydrant. Ein Mann kam, um die Sache zu untersuchen. Doch dunkle Regenwolken zogen bereits auf und die Dürrezeit würde schon bald vorbei sein. Lass der Natur ihren Lauf, dachte ich, während ich aufwachte. Es gibt immer göttliche Lösungen für menschliche Probleme.“
Sie stecke also in einem Dilemma, erklärte sie weiter, und das zehre etwas an ihrem Tatendrang.
Da sagte Karin: „Ich habe auch große Schwierigkeiten, mich für oder gegen bestimmte Dinge zu entscheiden. Es ist nicht leicht, beide Seiten zu sehen und trotzdem in der Handlung zu bleiben.“
Renate nickte. „Ich teile meine Ansichten auf. Sobald 51% für eine Sache spricht, handele ich. Am liebsten ist mir natürlich eine ungebremste Begeisterung. Aber vielleicht schieße ich dann zu oft über das Ziel hinaus.“
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Digital art based on own photography and textures
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I love my new red thigh boots however I discover that sitting is a problem. They are so stiff and tight I can hardly bend my knees.
A bad vacation start for this guy and his family - didn't pay the parking fee for their Eriba caravan.
ok so this custom was a pain I the butt. The helmet gave me a lot of trouble. Also before you say it's to rusty etc. Here's my reasoning I based this off if the armor was either submerged or had been through many storms, also its over 200 years old so weather and time have taken this suit over. Now I did make it so you could put a fusion core in, which I think is cool. On to the helmet, let me say I made like 6 different helmet sculpts. Yeah the helmet was a big problem only because I wanted it to look like the real thing. The Fatman hasn't been finished but ob will start painting it after this is posted or sometime later. All I have to do is finish up my vault tec rep and maybe a deathclaw. I will be posting more shots of the armor suit today so stay tuned! Also this is inspired by brickzalive I probably wouldn't have made mine if he didn't so thank you brickz.
Oops. Got a little problem, here. This is a brand new dress, and I didn't realize it had such a full skirt. Look, could you help me out? The door locked on me. I don't want to have to ruin a brand new dress. Could you get the janitor to unlock the door? What's so funny, anyway? Where are you going? No, don't tell anyone else! I don't want all the men to see me this way! Come on! Help me, somebody, please! This is so humiliating.
Fox News Channel is no longer in Donald Trump’s corner.
That’s a big problem for Trump.
And now Fox News just did something strange to help Joe Biden indict Donald Trump.
Fox News Channel continues to give former Attorney General William Barr copious amounts of air time to smear Donald Trump as a criminal and to defend the FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago.
Barr said “As I’ve said all along, there are two questions. Will the government be able to make out a technical case? Will they have evidence by which they could indict somebody, including him? That’s the first question, and I think they are getting very close to that point, frankly.”
Barr added that the question would come down to whether or not it is a good thing for the country to indict a former President.
“At the end of the day, there is another question. Do you indict a former President? What will that do to the country? What kind of precedent will it set? Will the people really understand that this is not failing to return a library book? That this was serious?” Barr added.
Barr claimed it may not be a good idea, but that he still believed Trump committed a crime.
“You have to worry about those things, and I hope that those kinds of factors will incline the administration not to indict him because I don’t want to see him indicted. He’s a former President. But I also think they will be under a lot of pressure to indict him because look, if anyone else would’ve gotten indicted, why not indict him?” Barr concluded.
Barr is one of the many establishment Republicans who would like to see Donald Trump gone.
On his book tour, Barr made it clear that Trump should not run for President again.
But from all appearances, it looks like Trump is getting ready to launch a Presidential campaign.
The only way to stop Trump would be an indictment by the Biden Justice Department that forces him to take a plea bargain where he agrees not to run for President again in exchange for not going to jail.
Joe Biden cannot move ahead with a prosecution of Donald Trump unless a solid majority of Americans agree.
And it appears that Fox News is using William Barr as a former Trump administration Attorney General to try and convince Trump supporters that Joe Biden is right and that they need to support prosecuting the former President.
Seeking to "norm" problem drinking by making hilarious boasts about it could be indication that someone isn't handling alcohol well.
The roller coaster at the seaside near me was carrying out maintenance on its roller coaster. The entire amusement park is surrounded by a tall wall topped with barbed wire. It always looks incongruous to me... I always see it as an amusement prison. This is, of course, one of the roller coaster cars and the grey strip is the roller coaster track...although it looks rather like a pole!