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The scam works like this:
A person, usually woman, begins corresponding with a stranger online. Let's call the first person Myrtle Crumpet. The stranger claims to be a "UN Doctor" or "UN Peacekeeper" from the USA (or Canada) and is working in Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen or some other hotspot. They have a very Western-sounding name: Dr. Michael Smith. Captain William Jones. Myrtle really likes Dr. Smith or Captain Jones - whatever. The pictures he shares show that he is very handsome. He's single, or divorced. He tells her that he's not allowed to use video chat, for security reasons, he can communicate only with text. He also can't make a video and share it with her for security reasons or because his camera is broken. He's being very brave wherever he is - he might even have started a little NGO on the side, to help local people outside of his job. But he's so lonely, and he tells Myrtle that her messages give him hope, and he may even say he's falling in love with her. But he needs a few thousand dollars to take an "emergency" vacation, because the UN is late with his paycheck and he can't pay the fee right now. Or he needs a few thousand dollars to help a very sick child, and there is a rich donor who is going to help, but that rich donor is just a bit tied up now. He asks Myrtle if she could wire the money - he will ABSOLUTELY pay it back. And he may even have a text message or voice-only conference call with her to marry her, and send her certifications that Dr. SMith or Captain Jones and Myrtle are now husband and wife, and he will fly to her SOON, just as soon as she sends that money!
But this man isn't real. He's a scammer. He is not a doctor nor a captain, he's not in Iraq or Syria or wherever he claims to be, he's not with the UN, and he and Myrtle are NOT married. He's spun this tale in order to get her to send him money - money she will never, ever see again.
Above is a screen capture of questions on Quora from people trying to find out if the person they are corresponding with that says he's a doctor in Syria or a UN Peace Keeper in Iraq is real. It shows just how pervasive this scam is. Also see my related photos - images sent to me by a woman in the Philippines who was almost taken in by such a scammer. She's in the Philippines. She found me on Quora, because I am constantly answering questions there to try to keep people from being taken in.
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U.P. Breaking News: K. I. Sawyer Latest KC-135 Emergency Landing/Raising Safety Concerns
The following exclusive information was not reported yet by Upper Peninsula TV stations and other media.
Many safety questions remain and a military plane is officially grounded after an emergency in the skies over Marquette County, Michigan on Tues. July 8, 2014
The emergency landing of a KC-135 refueling tanker is the latest in a series of similar hydraulic incidents involving the aging fleet of Milwaukee's 128th Air Refueling Wing, Upper Peninsula Breaking News has learned.
Veteran Investigative Reporter Greg Peterson has the story:
upperpeninsulabreakingnews.wordpress.com/2014/07/09/u-p-b...
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Essentially a flying gas station – this Air National Guard KC-135 is grounded – following an emergency that has happened at least 5 times in the past two years to KC 135 refueling tankers from the 128th Air Refueling Wing in Milwaukee.
That's right – at least 5 times in the past two years – a KC-135 from the 128th has developed hydraulic problems resulting in emergency landings at airports around the Midwest.
The tankers are all about 50 years old.
In fact in June 2013, a reporter for Milwaukee Television station WISN TV-12 investigated a rash of KC-135 emergency landings after hydraulic warning.
Upper Peninsula Breaking News called the 128th's public affairs office to verify this important safety problem.
With overcast skies, the three-member crew of this KC-135 declared a hydraulic emergency:
Chief Don Hutchens, Forsyth Township Volunteer Fire Department:
Emergency officials from across Marquette County responded to the plane's call for help – fearing it might crash while landing – which would have been catastrophic.
The KC -135 was among several planes from the 128th Refueling Wing that have been practicing touch and goes on K.I. Sawyer's long runways.
Now the Marquette County Airport, the once vibrant K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base was a Strategic Air Command base – constantly on alert - with bomber crews ready to fly in moments.
This reporter has had the pleasure of riding on two KC-135 Refueling Tankers – as show in this photo when I worked at WLUC TV-6 in Marquette.
We refueled F-16 Jets over Lake Huron.
Then this reporter became one of only a handful of civilians to ride aboard a B-52 Bomber – this while I did features stories for the Mining Journal newspaper.
I was given this official coin of the Sawyer bomber wing and a patch – after as 12-hour flight that included Fourth of July Parades and an airshow in Grand Rapids.
This reporter hopes the officials at Milwaukee's 128th Air Refueling Wing get to the bottom of this hydraulic issues before there is a tragedy – as the large number of emergencies on this flying gas station is scary to all involved.
Greg Peterson, Upper Peninsula Breaking News
Milwaukee's 128th Air Refueling Wing
Public Affairs Office
414-944-8715
128 HQ/Public Affairs
mailto:128HQ.PublicAffairs@ang.af.mil
Milwaukee's 128th Air Refueling Wing on Facebook
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/128th_Air_Refueling_Wing
Forsyth Township Volunteer Fire Department; Forsyth Township Police department
www.forsythtwpmi.org/FT%20POLICE%20DEPT.htm
Local News Coverage
abc10up.com/air-national-guard-plane-makes-emergency-land...
www.upmatters.com/story/d/story/news/15079/3fYz_NNJ0kmTs-...
www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?id=1067608
WISN TV-12 Investigation in June 2013:
Emergency landing prompts questions about KC-135 safety
Hydraulic problems lead to 4th in-flight emergency
June 19, 2013
www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/milwaukee/emergenc...
www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/milwaukee/emergenc...
www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/milwaukee/emergenc...
Military plane makes emergency landing in Indiana
www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/milwaukee/Military...
A plane from Milwaukee's 128th Air Refueling Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard is grounded and undergoing repairs after an in-flight emergency Tuesday.
For the fourth time in two months a KC-135 from Milwaukee makes an emergency landing, this time in Indiana.
The flight crew lost control of the hydraulic system and made an emergency landing in Indiana.
It's the fourth in-flight emergency in recent weeks involving four KC-135 refueling tankers.
Each of the planes is about 50 years old, which has some wondering if the aging aircraft are as safe as they should be.
Upper Peninsula Breaking News
U.P. Breaking News
Gmail:
UpperPeninsulaBreakingNews@gmail.com
Wordpress:
upperpeninsulabreakingnews.wordpress.com
youtube:
www.youtube.com/UPBreakingNews
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tocLjvEslBA
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/UpperPeninsulaBreakingNews
Twitter:
Greg Peterson
@UPBreakingNews
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Question Mark. Aus der Serie „Satzzeichen“ 2014
Rotierende Skulptur aus Lianen Findling, fluoriszierendes Klebeband, schwarze Totenkopf Büchse und Schwarz Licht
Skulptur, Objekt, Video, Installation, Fotografie
Markus Wintersberger 2014
5) A 60-year old woman with history of hypertension presents for routine screening mammography. The woman has no complaints and feels well. There is no family or personal history of breast cancer. Mammography reveals microcalcifications in both breasts. The patient subsequently undergoes needle-guided biopsy of the area (seen below). Which of the following histopathologic findings is expected in this diagnosis?
a. Distended and distorted acini
b. Presence of comedo necrosis
c. Complete luminal obliteration
d. Pagetoid spread into ductlike structures
e. Involvement of a portion of the lobular unit
Check answer here.
Source: BoardVitals, 7/30/2013
I often feel like the one on the left, especially when it comes to putting together an Ikea dresser.
Script:
U.P. Breaking News: K. I. Sawyer Latest KC-135 Emergency Landing/Raising Safety Concerns
The following exclusive information was not reported yet by Upper Peninsula TV stations and other media.
Many safety questions remain and a military plane is officially grounded after an emergency in the skies over Marquette County, Michigan on Tues. July 8, 2014
The emergency landing of a KC-135 refueling tanker is the latest in a series of similar hydraulic incidents involving the aging fleet of Milwaukee's 128th Air Refueling Wing, Upper Peninsula Breaking News has learned.
Veteran Investigative Reporter Greg Peterson has the story:
upperpeninsulabreakingnews.wordpress.com/2014/07/09/u-p-b...
-----
Essentially a flying gas station – this Air National Guard KC-135 is grounded – following an emergency that has happened at least 5 times in the past two years to KC 135 refueling tankers from the 128th Air Refueling Wing in Milwaukee.
That's right – at least 5 times in the past two years – a KC-135 from the 128th has developed hydraulic problems resulting in emergency landings at airports around the Midwest.
The tankers are all about 50 years old.
In fact in June 2013, a reporter for Milwaukee Television station WISN TV-12 investigated a rash of KC-135 emergency landings after hydraulic warning.
Upper Peninsula Breaking News called the 128th's public affairs office to verify this important safety problem.
With overcast skies, the three-member crew of this KC-135 declared a hydraulic emergency:
Chief Don Hutchens, Forsyth Township Volunteer Fire Department:
Emergency officials from across Marquette County responded to the plane's call for help – fearing it might crash while landing – which would have been catastrophic.
The KC -135 was among several planes from the 128th Refueling Wing that have been practicing touch and goes on K.I. Sawyer's long runways.
Now the Marquette County Airport, the once vibrant K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base was a Strategic Air Command base – constantly on alert - with bomber crews ready to fly in moments.
This reporter has had the pleasure of riding on two KC-135 Refueling Tankers – as show in this photo when I worked at WLUC TV-6 in Marquette.
We refueled F-16 Jets over Lake Huron.
Then this reporter became one of only a handful of civilians to ride aboard a B-52 Bomber – this while I did features stories for the Mining Journal newspaper.
I was given this official coin of the Sawyer bomber wing and a patch – after as 12-hour flight that included Fourth of July Parades and an airshow in Grand Rapids.
This reporter hopes the officials at Milwaukee's 128th Air Refueling Wing get to the bottom of this hydraulic issues before there is a tragedy – as the large number of emergencies on this flying gas station is scary to all involved.
Greg Peterson, Upper Peninsula Breaking News
Milwaukee's 128th Air Refueling Wing
Public Affairs Office
414-944-8715
128 HQ/Public Affairs
mailto:128HQ.PublicAffairs@ang.af.mil
Milwaukee's 128th Air Refueling Wing on Facebook
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/128th_Air_Refueling_Wing
Forsyth Township Volunteer Fire Department; Forsyth Township Police department
www.forsythtwpmi.org/FT%20POLICE%20DEPT.htm
Local News Coverage
abc10up.com/air-national-guard-plane-makes-emergency-land...
www.upmatters.com/story/d/story/news/15079/3fYz_NNJ0kmTs-...
www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?id=1067608
WISN TV-12 Investigation in June 2013:
Emergency landing prompts questions about KC-135 safety
Hydraulic problems lead to 4th in-flight emergency
June 19, 2013
www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/milwaukee/emergenc...
www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/milwaukee/emergenc...
www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/milwaukee/emergenc...
Military plane makes emergency landing in Indiana
www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/milwaukee/Military...
A plane from Milwaukee's 128th Air Refueling Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard is grounded and undergoing repairs after an in-flight emergency Tuesday.
For the fourth time in two months a KC-135 from Milwaukee makes an emergency landing, this time in Indiana.
The flight crew lost control of the hydraulic system and made an emergency landing in Indiana.
It's the fourth in-flight emergency in recent weeks involving four KC-135 refueling tankers.
Each of the planes is about 50 years old, which has some wondering if the aging aircraft are as safe as they should be.
Upper Peninsula Breaking News
U.P. Breaking News
Gmail:
UpperPeninsulaBreakingNews@gmail.com
Wordpress:
upperpeninsulabreakingnews.wordpress.com
youtube:
www.youtube.com/UPBreakingNews
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tocLjvEslBA
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/UpperPeninsulaBreakingNews
Twitter:
Greg Peterson
@UPBreakingNews
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What Is Theosophy?
The Secrets of The Universe Laid Bare By The Accumulated Wisdom Of The Ages
The question “What is Theosophy?” must have risen to the lips of some thousands of persons during the last three or four years, if the world is anything like what it used to be, and it is only reasonable to suppose that in nearly as many instances as the question has been put the answer has not been forthcoming, or, at least, that no satisfactory solution has been proffered. From the vastness of the subject and its utter newness to Western minds this state of things is not very much to be wondered at, but apart from that, the extreme difficulty of giving anything approaching an intelligible explanation of the word to minds permeated with WEstern ideas and moulded by Western thought and associations is so great as to render the task well nigh hopeless. Theosophy was unknown to Western intelligence – except in the form of the wildest and most improbable narratives, and those of the most fragmentary character – till some 14 years since, when Madame H. P. Blavatsky, a Russian lady who had spent the greater part of her previous life picking up strange stores of still strangers knowledge among the speculative peoples of the far East, settled in New York, and commenced the diffusion of her ideas in regard to her occult knowledge. Her most active disciple was a Colonel Olcott, in conjunction with whom the Theosophical Society was formed for objects stated below. A singular fact came out in reference to this very singular organization not very long ago; it appears that Madame Blavatsky, the president-founder, is practically the Theosophical Society one and indivisible, for while the members may be expelled to any extent, the president-founder cannot be removed, the consequence being that notwithstanding the possible loss of every single member, the society can never suffer annihilation as long as Madame Blavatsky lives, the wishes of the rest of the organization to the contrary. Theosophy has apparently produced the first and only society which it is impossible to suppress or abolish. Madame Blavatsky is now located in London, where her teachings have been met with more amusement than reverence, but the president-founder appears proof against any amount of that kind of “argument,” and disposes of it as being of as little value as the wanton smoke-curls of the weed she loves so well. Among the orthodox and the indifference – who may be placed upon pretty much the same plane as far as honest inquiry is concerned – theosophy has made no convert, but in the ranks of the ever-increasing class of speculative thinkers who have been forced to abandon the old traditional creeds the “new” gospel has received a large number of earnest followers, perhaps the most noticeable being Mrs. Annie Besant, whose succession to theosophical ranks proves – if it proves anything – that there is “something in it” worthy of investigation. In America, where the cult has taken a firmer root, the theosophists claim Edison, the great electrician, as one of their disciples, and his certificate of membership is enrolled among the society’s archives.
The subject was laid before the Croydon Socratic Society on Tuesday night, at their usual meeting at West Croydon, by no less an authority than Mr. Herbert Burrows, who, in addition to being a highly-valued friend of the society and a fellow socialistic worker with Mrs. Besant, is also an enthusiastic theosophist and a brilliant young thinker in more than one branch. The Socratics are a more than ordinarily hard-headed body, but it was plain to see that on Tuesday evening there was a lack of sympathy with the subject that boded trouble ahead, as the sequel showed. Mr. Burrows first spoke of the difficulties of handling a subject which comprehended the concentrated knowledge of the East extending over a period of possibly 20,000 years in about forty minutes, and expressed the opinion that he was quite prepared to find at the concussion fo the lecture that his hearers only matter of doubt was as to whether he was a fool or a madman, or a combination of both. He then passed on the deal with the question in the way most suited to the assembly, namely, from it scientific aspect, and remarked that theosophy was utterly and entirely opposed to the Darwinian theory, and that it dealt with the more recondite forces and laws of nature in respect of which Western investigators were as ignorant as Newton’s child upon the seashore, aye, and more so, because, to speak figuratively, they had not even the knowledge to pick up the stones. Wisely keeping clear of the phenomenal portion of his subject – for theosophical wonder-working, even if it were possible to him, would be no more convincing of the truth of theosophy than the working of a material miracle was proof of any sort of moral truth – he explained in passing that theosophy claimed to be the underlying truth of which all the great and varied religious systems were but the exoteric side, and that the Theosophical Society had been founded to accomplish three objects, (1) To be the nucleus of a universal brotherhood; (2) To promote the study of Aryan and other Eastern literatures, religions, and sciences; and (3) To investigate unexplained laws of nature and the physical powers latent in man. Now, Western science failed to accomplish the latter object in some very essential particulars, and that principally because its investigations were conducted on imperfect lines, while theosophy, working upon an entirely different lines, not only agreed with the conclusions of the Western scientist, but could find a passage beyond the dead wall which blocked the path of all our scientists at a certain point, and beyond which wall no single Western investigator had yet been able to penetrate. What was the reason of this? Possibly because Western scientists started on too limited a basis. Personally he had long ago been led to the conclusion – from the study of Huxlye’s treaties on protoplasm forces, and from Professor Huxley’s own showing the material physical sciences of the body proved rather a barrier than an assistance to the study of the powers of nature. For example, when a note of music was struck it was accompanied by numbers of other miner sounds which it was impossible for the ear to distinguish because of its inherent of its inherent defects, while at the same time the existence of the minor notes had been demonstrated ad nauseam. A defect of this kind must prove an obstacle to true investigation because of its misleading results. If that were the case man practically knew nothing at all about the forces which were behind those of which we do know or fancy we know something. This naturally led to the conclusion that if our senses were only refined and acute enough it would be possible to perceive and understand the unseen forces of nature. On the other hand, the scientists of the West, everyone of them, however profound their investigations, were met at one point in their inquiries by a dead wall which they found it impossible to pass, in a very large class of phenomena, which they found to be absolutely inexplainable by their modern science.
Theosophy boasted that it could pass this wall by reason of the storehouse of actual mental knowledge, not mere theory only, which had been stored in the minds of a few men in India and of late years in Tibet, and handed on from one to the other for thousands of years. These men were investigators themselves, and they made a secret of their knowledge for obvious reasons, because by virtue of their knowledge there were few of the processes of nature that were secret to them; they asserted that they could explain phenomena whose solution was regarded as hopeless, and that simply and entirely by their knowledge of the laws of nature. In these things they owned no supernatural influences – there is no personal god in theosophy, which is purely pantheistic – but could give a rational explanation from the phenomena of nature, according to the laws of nature, though doubtless not according to the laws of Western scientists, and by this means they claimed to obtain a clue to both the spiritual and physical nature of man. The western scientist, up to a certain point, could state how certain phenomena were manifested, but the theosophist went further, and could tell why these things were. Science was absolutely unable to explain phenomena such as hypnotism, clairvoyance, and mesmerism to anything like an adequate extent and while he knew the majority of people dismissed these things as a result of trickery and fraud, they were nevertheless established facts, and rapidly establishing themselves as practical agents of surgical treatment. Apart from that theosophy could give a clear and adequate reason why for these things, and until people could give a better explanation it was both foolish and unphilosophic for people to deny that theosophy could do so.
Mr. Burrows then divided into an intensely interesting disquisition with regard to the numerous laws of nature whose existence and demonstration is known to our modern scientists, but which have entirely baffled them in their efforts to comprehend and tabulate the same. For instance, by means of a definite arrangement of a violin, a turning for, a strong light, and a sort of sheet suspended after the style of a “magic lantern” sheet, it was found that a note of music possesses distinct and unmistakable colours, which vary with different notes. Another instrument, the pendulagram, demonstrates that a musical note possess force. The apparatus is constructed upon vibrating principles, and is fitted with a universal-jointed pen. Upon a certain note being struck certain spiral curves are recorded by the pen. Strike another not, and a different class of spirals is produced; strike the first not again, and the spirals are produced similar to those registered on the first occasion. Now, why are these spiral? That is what theosophy alone can tell, and the man who has this knowledge can practically control the forces of nature! The materialist failed to surmount the wall that stopped him, and why? Partly because he failed to recognize that there was no rigid line of demarcation between the spiritual and the material part of man. Judging by the state of clairvoyance, when the physical material senses of man were in a certain sense paralysed, the intelligent, spiritual, mental faculties of man were sharpened. Man dealt in two worlds, the outward visible world, and the inward invisible world. The latter could only come into play when the other was deadened, or, in other words, purified and refined of the presence of the material outer world. Taking another line, he showed that the theosophist and the Western scientist, by widely differing methods, agreed, step by step, that under the whole nature lay some widely-diffused basic force, and that while the Western could only tell the relation between things – as in the molecular theory – the theosophist could explain the essence of the things themselves, or rather, could get behind the relation of the things and explain why they were so related. This method, produced to its natural conclusion, must lead up to the explanation of the spiritual nature of man, and thus theosophy was seen to comprehend the great truths that underlie all the great religions of the world.
At this stage the speaker left the relatively-scientific part of the question – which is at once its explanation and its raison d’eire – and passed on to deal with the teachings of theosophy, which is much more easy to follow. The very name is a clue, for “theosophy” (knowledge of or about God – the term God being universally accepted, not in the sense of a personal anthromorphic God, but as including the whole of both the known and the unknown) implies knowledge or wisdom respecting the absolute. It is sometimes also called the wisdom-religion because it professes to have had from time immemorial the knowledge of all the laws governing the spiritual, the moral, and the material. The reason why this knowledge has not been imparted to all is obvious – a man with such knowledge would have the lives and interests of his fellows who were not equally enlightened entirely at his disposal. The existence of three abnormal powers has been recognised, as a matter of fact, in plain, practical, prosy Germany, where stringent laws have already been passed against the exercise of hypnotic powers – such as those demonstrated by the Rev. Arthur Tooth at Woodside the other day – by unqualified persons. It is easily seen that if such laws are necessary to restrain the persons who do not fully comprehend the feeble powers they undoubtedly possess, the necessity would be vastly greater in the case of persons who have exhaustive knowledge of far greater powers. Hence in the interests of the race, the theosophists say, the knowledge is jealousy guarded in a few minds, although it is acquirable by anyone who will go through the long and tedious mental, physical, and spiritual training necessary to that end, for theosophists hold that the knowledge they possess can only be obtained by the careful refinement of the spiritual entity from the obscurations of the material physical, a process involving purity of word, thought, idea, and action. It is claimed that the theosophist has ascertained by actual experience that man, instead of consisting simply of body, soul, and spirit, is a septenary, or seven-partite being. The first division is the physical body, which acts as the vehicle for all the other principles; then there is the vital principle common to all animals; and the next is the astral, or the double or phantom body. Theosophists believe that the adept (a person who has attained to the higher knowledge) can separate his higher spiritual principle from the physical, and travel whither he will in the guise of the astral body, leaving the physical in a state of trance. The fourth, which forms the last of what is called the lower principles, is the seat of the animal desires and passions. Teh three higher principles consist (1) of the mind or intelligence (which has two aspects, one towards the lower and one towards the higher) ; (2) the spiritual soul, which forms the vehicle for (3) the spirit itself. Now, with regard to this “spirit” may be introduced one of the vital principles of theosophy. It is believed as an actual fact that the spirit in man is the only real and permanent part of his being, the rest of his nature being variously compounded, nad consequently always resolving into other compounds. The spirit of every man is said to spark fo the Divine Whole, whence it comes by cyclic or evolutionary procedure through every form of matter till it reaches its highest form – self-consciousness – in man. From the human enthrallment the spirit, according to its efforts while in that condition, passes at the death of the body towards the higher (i.e. towards re-absorption in the Divine Whole), or else downwards into the lower forms of matter, thence to “work out its own salvation,” or return to self-consciousness in the human. In its upward course the divine spark is u undergoing repeated incarnations through the vegetable, mineral, animal, and human states ; in each of these it is latent, but it is only manifest in man. The spirit retains its individuality during the whole progress from its origin to its reunion to the Divine, and exists successively in various races and planets.
The discussion that ensued beggars description from the fact that nearly everybody who spoke seemed to have failed to grasp the bearings of the subject. This was only natural under the circumstances – the explanation of a single page of a theosophical “educational” tract is sufficient to make a man’s hair curl if he has not been initiated – but the lecturer dealt lightly with his critics in his reply. The latter, by the way, did not commence till nearly 11 o’clock, and was principally devoted to the removal of misconceptions. From a quantity of propagandist leaflets – on of which (“Karma as a Cure for Trouble”) strangely reminded one of a patent medicine puff – it was seen that the practical side of theosophy is of no little importance from teh social point of view. One of the essentials to spiritual development is “the entire eradication of selfishness in all forms, and the cultivation of broad, generous sympathy in and effor for the good of others,” and another stipulates for “the careful performance of every duty belonging to one’s station in life, without desire for reward, leaving results for Divine law.” Apart from this, theosophy professes to explain the contrast and unisions of the world’s faiths and the common foundations underlying them all ; the existence of evil, suffering, and sorrow; social and individual inequalities, contrasts, and antithesis; accidents, misfortunes, and untimely deaths; the failure of conventional religions to greatly extend their areas, reform abuses, reorganize society, expand to the idea of brotherhood, abate discontent, diminish crime, elevate humanity, and adequately realise in individual lives the ideal they professedly uphold. These form only a small portion of the large order theosophists are ready to fill, but if they can only get believers in their strange tremendous system to go heartily in for spiritual development on the lines mentioned above, there are plenty of folks in this world who will be glad to find a place for them.
shot: my sister, Andi, edit: me
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"Ki figyel rám
Ha a térdem fáj
A szívem megszakad
A bordám kiáll
Ha csúnya az orrom
A hangom se szép
És önmagamból is elég, elég
Ki figyel rám
Ha ijeszt a rém
Hogy a holnap
Akár a lépcső, kemény
S csak ülök és nézek
És fázik a kezem
És várok; tán ez a szerelem..."
(Zorán)
/
bad English translation:
"Who'll take care of me
If my knee hurts
My heart is broken
My rib protrudes
My nose is ugly
My voise isn't nice
And I've had enough of me, enough
Who'll take care of me
If the monster scares
That tomorrow is
As a stair, hard
And I just sit and watch
An my hand feels cold
And waiting - maybe that' love..."
Today's random questions:
Dexter, Michigan, is the next town northwest from me. And even though this ad is literally 50 years old, they are still supplying kits of C-41 powder chemistry for developing color negative film. There's even an address on some of their packaging of 7200 (sometime 7190) Huron River Drive. Who I guess are these folks? And at times I believe I'd seen that address on C-41 kits under other branding, like Jobo.
It doesn't look much like a chemical factory, so are they just importing and repackaging someone else's products? And is there any meaning to the suspicious closeness to the onetime Vokar camera company?
Also, for you locals: If that couple in the photo are your parents, I definitely want to hear the story. [Edit: some backstory on that darned peacock chair.]
Male Agapostemon's almost all have this same pattern, Metallicy green on the head and thorax and then striped yellow and black on the abdomen. Females uniformly don't have yellow anywhere. Why is good question as this male yellowness syndrome runs throughout the bee kingdom, cutting across families. Thistle Droege did the photoshoping and Wayne Boo the photography.
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The murmuring of bees has ceased;
But murmuring of some
Posterior, prophetic,
Has simultaneous come,--
The lower metres of the year,
When nature's laugh is done,--
The Revelations of the book
Whose Genesis is June.
-Emily Dickinson
Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen:
Basic USGSBIML set up:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY
USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4
PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:
ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf
Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques:
plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo
or
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU
Excellent Technical Form on Stacking:
Contact information:
Sam Droege
sdroege@usgs.gov
301 497 5840
It's physically impossible to implement John Tory's plan to put heavy rail down Eglinton West without tunnelling or taking away street space. (Photo by Marc Demouy)
SOCIALCRAFT EXHIBITION UNVEILED AT CAFAM!
October 22 to December 31, 2006
In response to the environmental, political, and social questions of our time, the exhibition
Street Signs and Solar Ovens: Socialcraft in Los Angeles opens at the Craft and Folk Art
Museum on October 22, 2006. Curated by the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest, Street Signs
and Solar Ovens offers an insight into how Southern California individuals and communities
creatively take action to defy the notion that a socially conscious lifestyle is out of reach. The
resulting creations are expressions of both function and artistry that offer inspiration for
proactive living.
Located at the crossroads of grassroots activism and personal creative expression, the term
socialcraft suggests the crafting of a society as much as it describes the making of objects
Street Signs and Solar Ovens will feature protest art meant for public display such as handcrafted
demonstration signs, posters, t-shirts, as well as examples of instruments for
conscious living such as eco-friendly and alternative energy home appliances. This exhibition
will present a diverse and original array of artwork created in reaction to a wide range of issues
facing our community.
Participating artists include Edith Abeyta, Steven Anderson, Lisa Anne Auerbach, Mike
Blockstein, Chris Burnett, C.I.C.L.E., Code Pink, National Center for the Preservation of
Democracy, Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Sandra de la Loza, Sam Durant, Eric
Einim, Karl Erickson, Fallen Fruit, Finishing School, Gaian Mind, Fritz Haeg, Laura Howe, Karen
Lofgren, Kelly Marie Martin, Matrushka, Christopher Nyerges, Path to Freedom, Beth Peterson,
Sheila Pinkel, Oliver Ressler and David Thorne, Oscar Sanchez, The Arroyo Arts Collective,
The Phantom Street Artist, The South Central Farmers, Christian Ulke, Votan, Allison Wiese.
“Street Signs and Solar Ovens is meant to be a starting point for further discussion and
action. The original and inventive artwork in this exhibition demonstrates the personal power of
individuals to implement community change,” says Maryna Hrushetska, Director of CAFAM.
About the Curators
The Journal of Aesthetics and Protest (http://www.journalofaestheticsandprotest.org/) is a selfdescribed
"weirdo thinktank" that has published a magazine and completed various art and
curatorial projects since 2001. The Journal aims to proactively participate in the creation of a
better world by presenting cutting edge ideas.
About The Craft and Folk Art Museum
SOCIALCRAFT EXHIBITION UNVEILED AT CAFAM!
October 22 to December 31, 2006
In response to the environmental, political, and social questions of our time, the exhibition
Street Signs and Solar Ovens: Socialcraft in Los Angeles opens at the Craft and Folk Art
Museum on October 22, 2006. Curated by the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest, Street Signs
and Solar Ovens offers an insight into how Southern California individuals and communities
creatively take action to defy the notion that a socially conscious lifestyle is out of reach. The
resulting creations are expressions of both function and artistry that offer inspiration for
proactive living.
Located at the crossroads of grassroots activism and personal creative expression, the term
socialcraft suggests the crafting of a society as much as it describes the making of objects
Street Signs and Solar Ovens will feature protest art meant for public display such as handcrafted
demonstration signs, posters, t-shirts, as well as examples of instruments for
conscious living such as eco-friendly and alternative energy home appliances. This exhibition
will present a diverse and original array of artwork created in reaction to a wide range of issues
facing our community.
Participating artists include Edith Abeyta, Steven Anderson, Lisa Anne Auerbach, Mike
Blockstein, Chris Burnett, C.I.C.L.E., Code Pink, National Center for the Preservation of
Democracy, Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Sandra de la Loza, Sam Durant, Eric
Einim, Karl Erickson, Fallen Fruit, Finishing School, Gaian Mind, Fritz Haeg, Laura Howe, Karen
Lofgren, Kelly Marie Martin, Matrushka, Christopher Nyerges, Path to Freedom, Beth Peterson,
Sheila Pinkel, Oliver Ressler and David Thorne, Oscar Sanchez, The Arroyo Arts Collective,
The Phantom Street Artist, The South Central Farmers, Christian Ulke, Votan, Allison Wiese.
“Street Signs and Solar Ovens is meant to be a starting point for further discussion and
action. The original and inventive artwork in this exhibition demonstrates the personal power of
individuals to implement community change,” says Maryna Hrushetska, Director of CAFAM.
About the Curators
The Journal of Aesthetics and Protest (http://www.journalofaestheticsandprotest.org/) is a selfdescribed
"weirdo thinktank" that has published a magazine and completed various art and
curatorial projects since 2001. The Journal aims to proactively participate in the creation of a
better world by presenting cutting edge ideas.
About The Craft and Folk Art Museum
SOCIALCRAFT EXHIBITION UNVEILED AT CAFAM!
October 22 to December 31, 2006
In response to the environmental, political, and social questions of our time, the exhibition
Street Signs and Solar Ovens: Socialcraft in Los Angeles opens at the Craft and Folk Art
Museum on October 22, 2006. Curated by the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest, Street Signs
and Solar Ovens offers an insight into how Southern California individuals and communities
creatively take action to defy the notion that a socially conscious lifestyle is out of reach. The
resulting creations are expressions of both function and artistry that offer inspiration for
proactive living.
Located at the crossroads of grassroots activism and personal creative expression, the term
socialcraft suggests the crafting of a society as much as it describes the making of objects
Street Signs and Solar Ovens will feature protest art meant for public display such as handcrafted
demonstration signs, posters, t-shirts, as well as examples of instruments for
conscious living such as eco-friendly and alternative energy home appliances. This exhibition
will present a diverse and original array of artwork created in reaction to a wide range of issues
facing our community.
Participating artists include Edith Abeyta, Steven Anderson, Lisa Anne Auerbach, Mike
Blockstein, Chris Burnett, C.I.C.L.E., Code Pink, National Center for the Preservation of
Democracy, Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Sandra de la Loza, Sam Durant, Eric
Einim, Karl Erickson, Fallen Fruit, Finishing School, Gaian Mind, Fritz Haeg, Laura Howe, Karen
Lofgren, Kelly Marie Martin, Matrushka, Christopher Nyerges, Path to Freedom, Beth Peterson,
Sheila Pinkel, Oliver Ressler and David Thorne, Oscar Sanchez, The Arroyo Arts Collective,
The Phantom Street Artist, The South Central Farmers, Christian Ulke, Votan, Allison Wiese.
“Street Signs and Solar Ovens is meant to be a starting point for further discussion and
action. The original and inventive artwork in this exhibition demonstrates the personal power of
individuals to implement community change,” says Maryna Hrushetska, Director of CAFAM.
About the Curators
The Journal of Aesthetics and Protest (http://www.journalofaestheticsandprotest.org/) is a selfdescribed
"weirdo thinktank" that has published a magazine and completed various art and
curatorial projects since 2001. The Journal aims to proactively participate in the creation of a
better world by presenting cutting edge ideas.
About The Craft and Folk Art Museum
The Blank AKA Faceless Frankie Redrum Villain Portrait - Dick Tracy Detective comic strip crime - Chester Gould created drawn - hero heroes holiday mythology newspaper news paper cartoon comics Sunday funnies strip 1940 1940s 40s trick or treat criminal killer 1937 1930s 30s maybe an inspiration for The Question comic book mystery hero by Steve Ditko
Max: "...But, I mean, how does he carry all of those presents? His sleigh would have to be the size of an aircraft carrier!"
Benny: "Sigh...I don't know Max. Now let me work!"
Max: "And if it is the size of an aircraft carrier, how do just nine reindeer pull it? They must be really strong!"
Benny: "Maybe..."
Max: "And how does he travel all around the world in just one night?"
Benny: "I don't know! ....It's just...magic...ok?! Just magic. Now leave me alone!"
Max: "...Does he have like a time turner like Hermione Granger uses in Harry Potter? Because then he could always switch the time back and get to everyone's house in one night. ...But I didn't think time turners were real..."
Benny: "Will you just be quiet?!"
Max: "I mean, this whole 'Santa' thing is just really hard to believe. What if he's not real? Then I wouldn't have to worry about being good all the time! That would be great! ...But then, who gives me presents on Christmas day?"
Benny: "I DON'T KNOW! GO ASK YOUR MOTHER!"
Max: "Well, I did, but she told me to go ask you these questions."
Benny: "Sigh..."
At the "Born in Lewisham" protest on March 16, 2013, organised by the "Save Lewisham Hospital" campaign, the protest outside the hospital was followed by a rally in Ladywell Fields, behind the hospital, with speakers, musicians and stalls. The star turn was local rapper Question (aka Question Musiq), singing the official "Save Lewisham Hospital A&E" song with his friend and colleague Snipez, in which they successfully encouraged the crowd to make the "L' sign in support of Lewisham Hospital, and got everyone singing along.
As the description accompanying the video on YouTube explains, "Question tells the true story of how Lewisham Hospital saved his life at age 13 when his appendix burst. The doctors managed to operate in time but said he was lucky as 20 minutes more and he wouldn't be alive today, If the plans to close Lewisham A&E go ahead the closest hospital will be another 30-40 mins away, which means he wouldn't be here today -- and If the government are successful more lives will be lost."
The campaign was established in October 2012, when Matthew Kershaw, an NHS Special Administrator appointed to deal with the financial problems of a neighbouring trust, the South London Healthcare Trust (based in Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley), recommended that Lewisham Hospital -- which is not part of the SLHT and has no financial problems -- should merge with one of the SLHT's hospitals, the Queen Elizabeth in Woolwich, and should have its A&E Department closed and other frontline services -- including maternity -- severely downgraded. In Lewisham, this would mean tens of thousands of emergencies having to be dealt with elsewhere, as well as 90 percent of Lewisham's mothers having to give birth outside the borough.
The "Born in Lewisham" event on March 16 followed two huge marches, in November and January, and although Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, approved Matthew Kershaw's plans on January 31, judicial reviews have been launched by Lewisham Council and the Save Lewisham Hospital campaign, on the basis that the Special Administrator exceeded his remit when he included Lewisham in his proposals.
For more on Andy Worthington, see: www.andyworthington.co.uk/
For the video, see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3vsE8n1A-k
You can also buy the song on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/gb/album/save-lewisham-a-e-single/id5975...
For the Save Lewisham Hospital campaign, see: www.savelewishamhospital.com/
Also see my most recent articles: www.andyworthington.co.uk/2013/02/01/tories-endorse-nhs-p...
and: www.andyworthington.co.uk/2013/02/19/defend-londons-nhs-m...
and: www.andyworthington.co.uk/2013/03/04/save-lewisham-hospit...
For my photos of the march in November, see: www.flickr.com/photos/andyworthington/sets/72157632089076...
And for the march in January, see: www.flickr.com/photos/andyworthington/sets/72157632616078...
and: www.flickr.com/photos/andyworthington/sets/72157632628284...
For the first set of photos from March 16, 2013, see: www.flickr.com/photos/andyworthington/sets/72157633009043...
For my most interesting photos, see: www.flickriver.com/photos/andyworthington/popular-interes...
Question Mark. Aus der Serie „Satzzeichen“ 2014
Rotierende Skulptur aus Lianen Findling, fluoriszierendes Klebeband, schwarze Totenkopf Büchse und Schwarz Licht
Skulptur, Objekt, Video, Installation, Fotografie
Markus Wintersberger 2014
I am not sure which Barbie she is and her head is very loose. Should I rebody her or what? Can someone identify the steffie head, I might rebody her on a fashionista body.
Notes from Caroline Jarrett's workshop on creating Better UX Workshops, held at EMBL-EBI on Sept 27, 2012
Doris Leuthard, Federal Councillor, Federal Department of Environment and Transports, Switzerland answers journalists' questions after the Follow-up Zurich Process - Meeting of the Ministers of the Alpine Region during the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.
Question Mark. Aus der Serie „Satzzeichen“ 2014
Rotierende Skulptur aus Lianen Findling, fluoriszierendes Klebeband, schwarze Totenkopf Büchse und Schwarz Licht
Skulptur, Objekt, Video, Installation, Fotografie
Markus Wintersberger 2014
A full interview with the Israeli painter Raphael Perez (in Hebrew Rafi Peretz) about the ideas behind the naive painting, resume, personal biography and CV
Question: Raphael Perez Tell us about your work process as a naive painter?
Answer: I choose the most iconic and famous buildings in every city and town that are architecturally interesting and have a special shape and place the iconic buildings on boulevards full of trees, bushes, vegetation, flowers.
Question: How do you give depth in your naive paintings?
Answer: To give depth to the painting, I build the painting with layers of vegetation, after those low famous buildings, followed by a tall avenue of trees, and behind them towers and skyscrapers, in the sky I sometimes put innocent signs of balloons, kites.
A recurring motif in some of my paintings is the figure of the painter who is in the center of the boulevard and paints the entire scene unfolding in front of him, also there are two kindergarten teachers who are walking with the kindergarten children with the state flags that I paint, and loving couples hugging and kissing and family paintings of mother, father and child walking in harmony on the boulevard.
Question: Raphael Perez What characterizes your naive painting?
Answer: Most naive paintings have the same characteristics
(Definition as it appears in Wikipedia)
• Tells a simple story to absorb from everyday life, usually with humans.
• The representation of the painter's idealization to reality - the mapping of reality.
• Failure to maintain perspective - especially details even in distant details.
• Extensive use of repeating patterns - many details.
• Warm and bright colors.
• Sometimes the emphasis is on outlines.
• Most of the characters are flat, lack volume
• No interest in texture, expression, correct proportions
• No interest in anatomy.
• There is not much use of light and shadow, the colors create a three-dimensional effect.
I find these definitions to be valid for all my naive paintings
Question: Raphael Perez Why do you mainly choose the city of Tel Aviv?
Answer: I was born in Jerusalem, the capital city which I love very much and also paint,
I love the special Bauhaus buildings in Tel Aviv, the ornamental buildings that were built a century ago in the 1920s and 1930s, the beautiful boulevards, towers and modern skyscrapers give you the feeling of the hustle and bustle of a large metropolis and there are quite a few low and tall buildings that are architecturally fascinating in their form the special one
Also, the move to Tel Aviv, which is the capital of culture, freedom, and secularism, allowed me to live my life as I chose, to live in a relationship with a man, Jerusalem, which is a traditional city, it is more complicated to live a homosexual life, also, the art world takes place mainly in the city of Tel Aviv, and it is possible that from a professional point of view, this allows I can support myself better in Tel Aviv than in any other city in Israel.
Question: raphael perez are the paintings of the city of Tel Aviv different from the paintings of the city of Jerusalem
Answer: Most of the paintings of Jerusalem have an emphasis on the color yellow, gold, the color of the old city walls, the subjects I painted in Jerusalem are mainly a type of idealization of a peaceful life between Jews and Arabs and paintings that deal with the Jewish religious world, a number of paintings depict all shades of the currents of Judaism of today
In contrast, the Tel Aviv paintings are more colorful, with skyscrapers, the sea, balloons and more secular motifs
Question: Raphael Perez Tell us about which buildings and their architects you usually choose in your city paintings
Answer: My favorite buildings are those that have a special shape that anyone can recognize and are the symbols of the city and you will give several examples:
In the city of Tel Aviv, my favorite buildings are: the opera building with its unusual geometric shape, the Yisrotel tower with its special head, the Hail Bo Shalom tower that for years was the symbol of the tallest building in Tel Aviv, the Levin house that looks like a Japanese pagoda, the burgundy-colored Nordeau hotel with the special dome at the end of the building, A pair of Alon towers with the special structure of the sea, Bauhaus buildings typical of Tel Aviv with the special balconies and the special staircase, the Yaakov Agam fountain in Dizengoff square appears in a large part of the paintings, many towers that are in the stock exchange complex, the Aviv towers and other tall buildings on Ayalon, in some of the paintings I took plans An outline of future buildings that need to be built in the city and I drew them even before they were built in reality,
In the paintings of Jerusalem, I mainly chose the area of the Old City and East Jerusalem, a painting of the walls of the Old City, the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the El Akchea Mosque, the Tower of David, most of the famous churches in the city, the right hand of Moses, in most of the paintings the Jew is wearing a blue shirt with a red male cord I was in the youth movement and the Arab with a galabia, and in the paintings of the religious public then, Jews with black suits and white shirts, tallitas, kippahs, special hats, synagogues and more
I also created three paintings of the city of Haifa and one painting of Safed
In the Haifa paintings I drew the university, the Technion, the famous Egged Tower, the Sail Tower, well-known hotels, of course the Baha'i Gardens and the Baha'i Temple, Haifa Port and the boats and other famous buildings in the city
Question: Have you created series of other cities from around the world?
Answer: I created series of New York City with all the iconic and famous buildings such as: the Guggenheim Museum, the famous skyscrapers - the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, Lincoln Center, the famous synagogue in the city, the Statue of Liberty, the flags of the United States and other famous buildings
Two paintings of London and all its famous sites, Big Ben, famous monuments, the Ferris wheel, Queen Elizabeth and her family, the double bus, the famous public telephone, palaces, famous churches, well-known monuments
I created 4 naive paintings of cities in China, a painting of Shanghai, two paintings of the city of Suzhou and a painting of the World Park in the city of Beijing... I chose the famous skyline of Shanghai with all the famous towers, the famous promenade, temples and old buildings, two Paintings of the city of Suzhou with the famous canals, bridges, special gardens, towers and skyscrapers of the city
alright. i need an explanation because i never got one while i was in china. why do people throw playing cards on the ground? beijing is the only place i have seen this. i understood seeing discarded 4 cards (4 in mandarin is 四si(4) which sounds like 死(3) which means death. it's kind of an unlucky number), but 8! 发财！why discard that? i saw all kinds of cards on the ground, and i just don't get it. help me out here.