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Yes, more tracings . . .
It took a while to finish this one (it's from the beginning of September) because I couldn't decide how to best re-illustrate the fish once I'd traced them. I'm learning that it's ok if an entry gets put aside for a week or two until you truly know how to finish it. Too often I rush into finishing something, only to be miffed at my own efforts.
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- are the questions for the answers we already have real questions? Or am I just trying to get away with murder?
-if cigarettes killed your father, is it possible that they raped your mother?
-If freedom is a lady, then are feelings a young girl looking for an husband? Or freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose? Should I talk like this?
- When I'll be dead, will it be useful to bring me a cup of coffee, so that I can come back to life?
-To defend democracy, do we also have to practice it?
-Is masturbation at least sex with someone you love?
-A part for the mistakes we make, are we completely useless? Why am I looking forward to be useful for someone?
-If we want someone to take care about, should we really buy a dog? And what about the human touch of a dog?
-If pop music is just the moderne way to say " fuck me", could we say rock music was just the old way to say "fuck you"?
-If she's got him by the balls, is it so bad, or it just depends on the grip?
-if someone shoots you in a dream, should he wake up and apologize?
-Is Texas No Limit Hold'Em the Cadillac of Poker?
-Did God create the man just because a dildo can't open tans?
-If she says " we have to talk about something serious", how can I be sure we do to do it dressed?
-Is Jazz a "form", or it's just a collection of tags and tricks?
- If you can't spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, are you the sucker?
-If they ask you "how many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man)", does it make sense to answer " twentythree"? More? Less? Would you suggest I shouldn't answer?
-In a poker table, can you lose what don't put in the pot? Can you win much either?
-Isn't it easier to fight against the bottle when you're drunk?
-If Elton John calls you and says he wants his shirt back, should you buy a new one?
-Is it possible to have a first date with a girl who's born after Metallica's Master Of Puppets, or then you have to say you like Bon Jovi and puppets?
-When it rains, are we supposed to dance in the time between a drop and the next one?
-Does the american dream smell like vaseline?
-I'm fully convinced that Silvester Stallone speaks exactly like Bruce Springsteen. Do they both look insane?
-Is a Jewish princess with sunglasses, a brand new nose and titanic tits a smart way to work it out?
- Does cheating get it faster or it's just an hangover we don't deserve?
-What would Eddie Vedder think about me now? Would he think about me now? Am I too old to worry about Eddie Vedder's opinion?
-If the Red Hot Chili Peppers published "californication" 8 years ago, is it completely true that I'll be 30 just in time fon another "californication"?
-Can the Radiohead be the ones to blame if I don't have success with girls?
-What am I supposed to do with a full of aces if he goes "all in"? Do you think I should act like a ragged clown? Do you think i'm numb?
-In the poker game of life, are women the rake? Or in the rake game of life, women are a poker?
-Can you say to a girl "we have a depravation agreement, you can't leave me now" and still wait for her to come back?
-Do we need friends when we're right?
-If you're a dogman, half a dog and half a man, are you yourself's best friend?
-Is the coffee smell in the morning a good reason to wait until she wakes up?
-Is a Jack Daniel''s without a cigarette an incomplete sin? I mean, is it worhty?
-Is it wisdom not to get drunk all togheter, so that someone can drive home? How many times we think it's wisdom, and actually we're just afraid?
-Am I just too drunk to write something serious, or it's that having a bottle in front of you will always be better then a frontal lobotomy?
Weel, all those are just questions to the answers I already have,,, I just wanna know your answers... choose a question, and have some fun!
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Her question.
Title of 10 photos.
Something about in the air.
(Tokyo city lights shots.)
Tokyo,Japan, 2017 … 4 / 10
(Today's picture. That's unannounced.)
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Everything But The Girl - Before Today
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My Novel >> Unforgettable'
(This book is Dedicated to the future artist.)
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U2 - No Line On The Horizon Live in Dublin
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There are two reasons why a person faces the sea.
One, to enjoy a slice of shine in the sea like children bubbling over in the beach.
The other, to brush the dust of memory like an old man who misses old days, staring at the shine
quietly.
Those lead to only one meaning though they do not seem to overlap. It’s a rebirth.
I face myself to change tomorrow, a vague day into something certain.
That is the meaning of a rebirth.
I had a very sweet girlfriend when I was 18.
After she left, I knew the meaning of gentleness for the first time and also a true pain of loss. After
she left, how many times did I depend too much on her, doubt her, envy her and keep on telling lies
until I realized it is love?
I wonder whether a nobody like me could have given something to her who was struggling in the
daily life in those days. Giving something is arrogant conceit. It is nothing but self-satisfaction.
I had been thinking about such a thing.
However, I guess what she saw in me was because I had nothing. That‘s why she tried to see
something in me. Perhaps she found a slight possibility in me, a guy filled with ambiguous, unstable
tomorrow. But I wasted days depending too much on her gentleness.
Now I finally can convey how I felt in those days when we met.
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Title of my book > unforgettable'
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Out Now.
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Schedule of the next novel.
Still would stand all time.(unforgettable'2)
2018. Spring. It's expected to open it. That's Japanese.
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Autumn.
Theme.
This must be the place I waited years to leave .
Place. Tokyo Big Sight.
Sponsoring. Design festa.
2018.
The uncertainness of date and time.
Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art Annex Gallery.
Place. Sakura-shi, Chiba.
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From that day ....
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Future's photography place.
2017.
Manhattan. New York. The United States.
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I went to New York 2007.
Day when Japan was left. March 9. Afternoon.
Day where it returned to Japan. March 14. Afternoon.
I am in Japan now.
The photograph in New York starts as follows.
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タイトル。
彼女の質問。
１０枚の写真のタイトル。
Something about in the air.
( Tokyo city lights shots. )
次の小説のイメージ。
Still would stand all time.(unforgettable'2)
（いつまでもなくならないだろう）
Tokyo , Japan, 2017 … 4 / 10
(今日の写真。それは未発表です。)
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2014年11月、たった1機種で世界を塗り替えた携帯電話の広告を請け負った選考者の目に留まり、秘密保持同意書を結ぶ。
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For Japanese only.
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僕の小説。英語版
My Novel Unforgettable' (This book is Dedicated to the future artist.)
Mitsushiro Nakagawa
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Title of my book > unforgettable'
Author : Mitsushiro Nakagawa
Out Now.
ISBN978-4-86264-866-2
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次の小説の予定。
Still would stand all time.(unforgettable'2)
（いつまでもなくならないだろう）
２０１８年。春。公開予定。それは日本語です。
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２０１7年。秋。
テーマ。
This must be the place I waited years to leave .
場所。東京ビッグサイト。
Sponsoring. Design festa.
２０１８年。
日時未定。
DIC川村記念美術館付属ギャラリー。
場所。千葉県佐倉市。
テーマ。
あの日から、ずっと…
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今後の撮影地。
２０１７年。
マンハッタン。ニューヨーク。アメリカ。
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Day when Japan was left. March 9. Afternoon.
Day where it returned to Japan. March 14. Afternoon.
I am in Japan now.
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Grab your old-style red/ blue lens glasses and enjoy this anaglyph photograph.
© Norman Posselt (Monotype)
Some of you may have noticed that, unfortunately, owing to the fact that a certain person who sells truck photos on eBay commercially has been lifting my images from this album and selling them I have had to remove 2300 photos that didn't have a watermark. I have now run around 1700 through Lightroom and added a watermark with the intention of bulk uploading them again. Rather than watermark the existing (hidden) files in Flickr one at a time it will be easier to do it this way. I definitely won’t be adding individual tags with the make and model of each vehicle I will just add generic transport tags. Each photo is named after the vehicle and reg in any case. For anyone new to these images there is a chapter and verse explanation below. It is staggering how many times I get asked questions that a quick scan would answer or just as likely I can’t possibly answer – I didn’t take them, but, just to clarify-I do own the copyright- and I do pursue copyright theft.
This is a collection of scanned prints from a collection of photographs taken by the late Jim Taylor A number of years ago I was offered a large number of photographs taken by Jim Taylor, a transport photographer based in Huddersfield. The collection, 30,000 prints, 20,000 negatives – and copyright! – had been offered to me and one of the national transport magazines previously by a friend of Jim's, on behalf of Jim's wife. I initially turned them down, already having over 30,000 of my own prints filed away and taking space up. Several months later the prints were still for sale – at what was, apparently, the going rate. It was a lot of money and I deliberated for quite a while before deciding to buy them. I did however buy them directly from Jim’s wife and she delivered them personally – just to quash the occasional rumour from people who can’t mind their own business. Although some prints were sold elsewhere, particularly the popular big fleet stuff, I should have the negatives, unfortunately they came to me in a random mix, 1200 to a box, without any sort of indexing and as such it would be impossible to match negatives to prints, or, to even find a print of any particular vehicle. I have only ever looked at a handful myself unless I am scanning them. The prints are generally in excellent condition and I initially stored them in a bedroom without ever looking at any of them. In 2006 I built an extension and they had to be well protected from dust and moved a few times. Ultimately my former 6x7 box room office has become their (and my own work’s) permanent home.
I hope to avoid posting images that Jim had not taken his self, however should I inadvertently infringe another photographers copyright, please inform me by email and I will resolve the issue immediately. There are copyright issues with some of the photographs that were sold to me. A Flickr member from Scotland drew my attention to some of his own work amongst the first uploads of Jim’s work. I had a quick look through some of the 30 boxes of prints and decided that for the time being the safest thing for me to do was withdraw the majority of the earlier uploaded scans and deal with the problem – which I did. whilst the vast majority of the prints are Jims, there is a problem defining copyright of some of them, this is something that the seller did not make clear at the time. I am reasonably confident that I have since been successful in identifying Jims own work. His early work consists of many thousands of lustre 6x4 prints which are difficult to scan well, later work is almost entirely 7x5 glossy, much easier to scan. Not all of the prints are pin sharp but I can generally print successfully to A4 from a scan.
You may notice photographs being duplicated in this Album, unfortunately there are multiple copies of many prints (for swapping) and as I have to have a system of archiving and backing up I can only guess - using memory - if I have scanned a print before. The bigger fleets have so many similar vehicles and registration numbers that it is impossible to get it right all of the time. It is easier to scan and process a print than check my files - on three different PC’s - for duplicates. There has not been, nor will there ever be, any intention to knowingly breach anyone else's copyright. I have presented the Jim Taylor collection as exactly that-The Jim Taylor Collection- his work not mine, my own work is quite obviously mine.
Unfortunately, many truck spotters have swapped and traded their work without copyright marking it as theirs. These people never anticipated the ease with which images would be shared online in the future. I would guess that having swapped and traded photos for many years that it is almost impossible to control their future use. Anyone wanting to control the future use of their work would have been well advised to copyright mark their work (as many did) and would be well advised not to post them on photo sharing sites without a watermark as the whole point of these sites is to share the image, it is very easy for those that wish, to lift any image, despite security settings, indeed, Flickr itself, warns you that this is the case. It was this abuse and theft of my material that led me to watermark all of my later uploads. I may yet withdraw non-watermarked photos, I haven’t decided yet. (I did in the end)
To anyone reading the above it will be quite obvious that I can’t provide information regarding specific photos or potential future uploads – I didn’t take them! There are many vehicles that were well known to me as Jim only lived down the road from me (although I didn’t know him), however scanning, titling, tagging and uploading is laborious and time consuming enough, I do however provide a fair amount of information with my own transport (and other) photos. I am aware that there are requests from other Flickr users that are unanswered, I stumble across them months or years after they were posted, this isn’t deliberate. Some weekends one or two “enthusiasts” can add many hundreds of photos as favourites, this pushes requests that are in the comments section ten or twenty pages out of sight and I miss them. I also have notifications switched off, I receive around 50 emails a day through work and I don’t want even more from Flickr. Other requests, like many other things, I just plain forget – no excuses! Uploads of Jim’s photos will be infrequent as it is a boring pastime and I would much rather work on my own output.
"In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted."
-- Bertrand Russel
Police officials question a Greenpeace activist dressed as “Barbie” outside Mattel headquarters in Los Angeles, June 7, 2011, where other activists posted a giant banner with a clear message to their former girlfriend: “BARBIE: IT’S OVER. I DON’T DATE GIRLS THAT ARE INTO DEFORESTATION”. Greenpeace investigators found that toymaker Mattel is using packaging from Asia Pulp and Paper (APP). APP has been exposed many times for wrecking Indonesia’s rainforests to make products such as packaging.
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Those who do not live in Scotland may be unaware that this YES sign indicates an affirmative response to the question "Should Scotland be an independent country?".
In a referendum to be held on 18 September 2014 this issue will be decided by those who are registered to vote in Scotland.
In my view, the underlying belief of those on the YES side is that it is right and proper for a nation to aspire to govern itself, that it may experience difficulties in doing so but in working through those difficulties it will develop the maturity required to hold its head high in the community of nations. The YES side believes that now is the time to "grasp the thistle".
The NO side appears to hold the view either (i) that a 'mature nation' status is not worth working for or (ii) that, while it might be desirable to become a mature nation, the inevitable difficulties could not be overcome.
I listened live to the 2 hours and 40 minutes of this parliamentary debate and thought that Mike Russell's ten minute winding-up speech (transcript below) characterised by its positive approach, exemplified that contrast with the negative approach of his opponents during that debate.
THE PARLIAMENT OF SCOTS (12 AUGUST 2014)
DEBATE ON THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES OF INDEPENDENCE
WINDING UP SPEECH FROM MIKE RUSSELL
Official report:-
The Deputy Presiding Officer:
Thank you. I call Michael Russell to wind up the debate. Cabinet secretary, you have until 5 o’clock.
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The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning (Michael Russell):
Let me give the chamber a revelation: I think that on the evidence of this afternoon’s debate there are no votes in this chamber that are up for grabs in the referendum and that it is pretty clear that there are no undecideds on these benches.
However, there might be some undecideds watching at home. I suspect that they might well have turned off by now, particularly after Jenny Marra’s speech, but if they are still watching I suggest to them that, if they are trying to come to a judgment on the basis of this debate—there are people in the gallery who might want to make such a judgment—they should do so on the basis of what has been the positive view and what has been the negative view.
Look at the positive view that all my colleagues in the chamber have expressed and at the endless, destructive negativity that we have heard from Labour, the Liberals and the Tories.
I will start with the clearest view of the currency issue. As ever, the First Minister got it right in the chamber last week. I will repeat his exact words. He said:
“It is our pound, and we are keeping it.”
There are no ifs and no buts. That is the guarantee. That is plan A to Z. For the benefit of those who are still trying to frighten people out of what is theirs—people such as Mr Henry, who asserted that Scots will not be able to buy food or go on holiday after independence, and Mr Fraser, who tellingly referred—
Hugh Henry:
Will the cabinet secretary take an intervention?
Michael Russell:
No, I will not. I am sorry; one contribution from Mr Henry in an afternoon is more than enough.
Mr Fraser referred to the currency belonging to someone else, which was very interesting. I will repeat what the First Minister said so that there can be no doubt. He said:
“It is our pound, and we are keeping it.”—[Official Report, 7 August 2014; c 33159.]
Hugh Henry:
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. Mr Russell has just made a statement in which he attributed words to me that I did not say. Is it in order for members to fabricate words that were not said during the debate and attribute them to other members? [Interruption.]
The Deputy Presiding Officer:
Order, please. What members say in their speeches is entirely up to them. It is not for me to decide what they should and should not say. However, the Official Report undoubtedly shows every word that has been said in the chamber.
Michael Russell:
I am sure that Mr Henry will reflect on that when he looks at what he has said about me and my writings. I am sure that he will think about that carefully. Mr Henry’s words speak for themselves, as does his depressing demeanour.
The debate has been one of great contrasts. I go back to positivity and negativity. My friend Mr Swinney talked about ambition, achievement, resources, potential and raising the eyes of Scotland to what can be achieved. In my area of special interest, he talked about the need for transformative childcare and the world-leading position of Scottish higher education. What was the result? [Interruption.]
The Deputy Presiding Officer:
Order, please.
Michael Russell:
The result was that, 10 minutes in, Mr Rennie gave the knee-jerk plan B its first outing. Mr Brown then leapt back in. Project fear was in there working hard.
The other side of the unionist coin then showed itself. It was quite stunning. Alex Johnstone chuntered on from a sedentary position about the fact that everything that was mentioned was a product of the wonderful union, but he was interrupted by Jenny Marra, who said that everything was the result of the failed SNP. There we have it: that is a contrast. Labour hates the SNP more than anybody else, and the Tories love the union more than anything else. Neither of those is a prescription for a safe future.
Believing that a Labour Government will remove weapons of mass destruction is also not a prescription for a safe future. There is no evidence for that whatsoever. How else are we to get rid of weapons of mass destruction, except by independence? That is the reality.
It was telling that, when Mr Swinney mentioned Trident and what we need to do, the reaction from Labour and the Tories and even from the sole Lib Dem who was there was derision. They want to put bombs before bairns and Trident before teachers. That is their shame.
Let me carry on.
Neil Bibby (West Scotland) (Lab):
Will the cabinet secretary take an intervention?
Michael Russell:
No, I will not take an intervention. I am sorry.
The reality of the debate was shown clearly. It was about that negative view. Nothing could be done. We had to ask what that was about. Maureen Watt got it 100 per cent right. She analysed the debate early on. The great fear that exists in project fear is the could-should-must progression. If any member on the Labour benches could admit that Scotland could be independent—I will come to Elaine Murray in a moment, as she did that momentarily—the whole fantasy will collapse.
The reason why it collapses is that that leads to the argument that Scotland should be independent, which is the argument that my colleagues made this afternoon. It goes a step further to the argument that Scotland must be independent.
The biggest illustration of that was given by Malcolm Chisholm. Yet again, I was saddened by a speech by Malcolm Chisholm. I have admiration and time for Malcolm Chisholm; he is laughing, but I do. I do not think that he and I differ very much in some of the things that we want to see, but here is the difference. [Interruption.]
The Presiding Officer (Tricia Marwick):
Order.
Michael Russell:
Labour members want to laugh at this, because it is beginning to strike home.
The difference is that I and my colleagues have a plan for how to achieve those things. We know how poverty can be eliminated in Scotland. We know—
Iain Gray:
Will the minister give way?
Michael Russell:
No—I want to finish my point.
I know that it is annoying to Iain Gray, but the truth of the matter is that it is possible to have a plan to change Scotland and to do those things. We can set out with those intentions and we can work hard to meet them, or we can—as Labour members would have us do—simply keep our fingers crossed that we get a Labour Government that could possibly pursue the things that they want to see in Scotland rather than the things that Ed Balls and Miliband want to see south of the border. I say to Malcolm Chisholm that that is not a plan: that is keeping your fingers crossed and putting party before principle.
Malcolm Chisholm:
The cabinet secretary may have a plan, but the whole point of all the Labour speeches has been to point out that it is not a plan that can be delivered without an economic foundation. Before he gives us any more claptrap about the negativity of Labour members, will he reflect on the fact that by far the biggest and most disgraceful scare of the referendum campaign is what the yes side is saying about the NHS? [Interruption.]
The Presiding Officer:
Order! Order!
Michael Russell:
How interesting. Mr Chisholm is being wildly applauded by Jackson Carlaw, who—
The Presiding Officer:
Sit down, Mr Russell.
That is quite enough. There is far too much heckling and far too much noise. The minister is speaking, so allow him to do so. This is a Parliament; it is not a public meeting or a hustings. There are people in Scotland who are listening to the debate. Make it worthy of them.
Michael Russell:
Why was Jackson Carlaw—the person who got so agitated about the issue of the NHS last week—applauding so much? Because we have hit the nail on the head. If the financial power lies outside Scotland, the decision on the priorities of Scotland and how to deliver those priorities will always lie outside Scotland, too. For every £100 by which expenditure is reduced south of the border through privatisation of the health service—privatisation that was started by Labour—£10 is lost from the Scottish budget.
Neil Findlay:
Will the cabinet secretary give way?
Michael Russell:
No.
For every £100 that is removed from public expenditure through privatisation of higher education south of the border, we lose £10. That is the reality. That is the nub of the debate. We can choose to make our decisions in Scotland, to take our responsibilities in Scotland and to have opportunities in Scotland, or we can always dance to someone else’s tune.
Malcolm Chisholm wants to see the progress in Scotland that I want to see. I repeat what I said earlier: the SNP has the plan to do that. It puts its confidence—[Interruption.] We can hear the Tories laughing; we can always hear the Tories laughing when the people of Scotland want to progress.
Here is the choice: we can say to the people of Scotland, “Take responsibility, and then you will have the opportunity to change this country for the better”; or we can tell them to listen to those who will not accept the reality and who will always keep their fingers crossed that England votes the same way that they do. Those voices will always disappoint and let down the people of Scotland. That has got to stop.
The lesson this afternoon is entirely clear: there is a jobs plan for an independent Scotland, there is a finance plan for an independent Scotland, there is a currency plan for an independent Scotland and there is a plan to make an independent Scotland the country that it could and should be. The people who stand in the way of that are this unholy alliance between Labour and the Tories.
The Presiding Officer:
You need to finish, cabinet secretary.
Michael Russell:
They are the people who have plenty of ambition for their political parties and none for their country. [Applause.]
The Presiding Officer:
Order.
That concludes the debate on the economic opportunities of independence.
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SUNDAY TIMES - 21st September 2014
Michael Russell
In a sense I have been campaigning for independence across Scotland not just in the last four weeks but for forty years. But I don't think I have ever had such an emotional political experience as last Saturday standing in the Station Square in Oban listening to Dougie Maclean sing his anthem of Scottishness, Caledonia.
It didn't matter that someone had forgotten to bring an extension lead, so there was no power for the microphone. It was irrelevant that an early sea mist, now burning off, had prevented the First Minister from making a helicopter campaign stop and equally irrelevant was the stretch limo with a huge "NO thanks" logo tied round it ( one of the bizzarest sights of the campaign) that kept cruising past. Dougie sang and 250 people - young and old, from all parties but mostly none, sang along with a quiet intensity that brought tears to my eyes and to eyes of many others.
That event started a whole day of remarkable activities - a car cavalcade of more than sixty vehicles that wound its way across Mid Argyll with so many participants that a church hall in Lochgilphead had to be commandeered to feed them, a flash mob of dancers and musicians on a green beside the sea and finally a laser show lighting up a huge YES sign on the island of Kerrera in the bay facing the town.
This was politics, but not as I have known it. YES Scotland started out as an umbrella organisation and ended up as a mass movement . It's creativity and energy was replicated not just across my constituency - in Dunoon, in Campbeltown, in Rothesay, in Lochgoilhead, on Islay and on Mull - but across the whole of Scotland in a diverse, multi layered movement that demanded and will go on demanding not only attention but also real change.
Although Thursday night delivered a bitter blow to many of those who had invested so much of themselves in that movement I do not think it will go away. Indeed it must not go away. It's commitment, enthusiasm and vigour are needed as never before if Scotland is to move forward united.
It is this movement that can really test the will of politicians to deliver the new dispensation that the Westminster parties promised in the final days of the campaign and it is this movement that can press an agenda that is focussed on outcomes which benefit and empower real people not just the political classes.
As Alex Salmond said on Friday in his moving resignation statement, holding Westminster to account for the delivery of its new promises has to be done by the whole of Scotland and that process needs to be lead by citizens themselves. If it changes and benefits all the parts of the present UK so much the better as long as that not an excuse for endless delay.
I have undertaken more than sixty public meetings in Argyll & Bute over the past nine months. One of the biggest took place on Ardrishaig the night before the Dougie MacLean event at which I shared a platform with Professor Allan MacInnes and Lesley Riddoch, both longstanding friends. Lesley spoke about this new politics too and was given a standing ovation by the over capacity crowd jammed into a tiny church hall. That enthusiasm reflected growing demand for a different set of priorities and a changed way of doing things - bottom up not top down.
That is what independence is but it's core values - fairness, equity, hope, opportunity, equality, justice - go well beyond the the 1.6 million who chose that option. Lots of voters on both sides were sending a message about the need for those things that cannot now be ignored.
That is why the "faster, safer and better" change offered in the 3 UK leaders Daily Record "Vow" was in the end persuasive for so many. They disagreed on the means but not on the ends.
So that is also why the SNP as the Scottish Government has to be an active part of the process now being outlined by the UK Government. We must heed the urgings of those we have worked with and take part in a constructive, urgent and focussed process to decide on the range of powers required and accelerate their introduction whilst ensuring that they are devolved further into communities and made capable of adaptation to local need and local direction.
That will not be easy for anyone but it is the essential next step - a step demanded by Thursday's result and which can also act as a unifying mechanism. We can help make a new Team Scotland and learn from it though it will be a Team Scotland weakened when not led by Alex Salmond, to whom the whole country owes an enormous political debt.
I am undoubtedly still a nationalist and I want to see independence. But this referendum campaign, undertaken in an Indian summer of warm sunshine amongst the most beautiful scenery in the world, criss crossing sea lochs, sailing to islands and motoring amongst mountains, has taught me a great deal.
A passionate desire for a better country is shared by many of our fellow citizens, young and old inside and outside conventional politics. A different set of priorities and policies - some already introduced by an SNP Government over the past 7 years - is possible. Alienation from politics and society isn't inevitable because inspiration casts out indifference. Decisions are better when made with people, not for them.
I have had the great pleasure of an invigorating campaign in Dalmally and Dunoon, on Luing and Lismore, through Glendaruel (where I live) and Glen Barr and by the shores of Loch Etive and Loch Riddon. The conclusion of those journeys was not the one I hoped for a month ago when the Sunday Times asked me to contribute at the end of the campaign. But the people have spoken and when that happens politicians have to listen - wherever they are.
We were reviewing for our National Achievement Test (NAT) today and it was absolutely boring. The studying part, I mean. But in total, today was F U N.
Takes a bit over an hour to walk to this spot. The first bit of the walk one has to risk a rocky slope between 30 & 45 deg. Lots of loose rocks to slip on.
Once up along the top, it's an easy walk along a fire trail. Neil the photographer in the photo by the water told me about this spot. Just had to be done once he told me, it was calling me...
This is a 6 shot, portrait panoramic. Next will be a sunrise one morning from here if I bring a powerful enough torch to allow me to get up that slope. Question is... will I tell the wife....
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Post a pic of yourself and answer the questions! Tagged by the truly quite, quite wonderful Hej!
1: What are you wearing?
Tights, a dress and me spectacles! (Oh and pants and bra obv!)
2: Something about you that nobody ever knew?
I believe in fairies like really believe in them!
3: Biggest phobias?
Spiders, amphibians, fish, birds, touching rubbish
4: How tall are you?
Five foot 6 and a half!
5: Ever been in love?
Yes and it scared and excited me in equal measure!
6: Any tattoos that you want?
I want a bow on my wrist coloured pink and the words Deo Volente (God willing) somewhere
7: Any piercings that you want?
No, I dont think so although I sometimes wish I had a nose stud
8: Makeouts or cuddling?
Both! Greedy aint I?
9: Shoe size?
Size 7 clown feet
10: Favorite bands?
The Doors, Joy Division, Black Sabbath, The Who, Fleetwood Mac
11: Something you miss?
I miss various peoples
12: Favorite song?
Oh golly gosh it changes regularly but I really like Golden Brown by the Stranglers and have done for ages I have a top 10 but I wont bore you with that!
13: How old are you?
29 on the cusp of 30!
14: Zodiac sign?
Capricorn
15: Hair Color?
Mousey Brown
16: Favorite Quote?
"Whoever saves one life save the world entire"
17: Favorite singer?
Jim Morrison
18: Favorite colour?
Pink it makes the boys wink dontcha know?!
19: Loud music or soft?
I like my music LOUD!
20: Where do you go when you're sad?
I retreat to my bed or I go to my best friends flat
21: How long does it take you to shower?
We dont have a shower so I bathe!
22: How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?
I prefer as much sleep as possible so anywhere between 20 minutes and my own personal best of 2 minutes!
23: Ever been in a physical fight?
No! I dont even know how to punch! Sad eh? But that doesnt mean I wont fiercely protect my and my loved ones honour!
24: Turn on?
Being caressed, Hair, laughter, geeks, friendliness, sense of humour, certain aftershaves, being challenged
25: Turn off?
Fuckwits, snobbery, monobrows, smelly breath
26: The reason I joined Flickr?
Blythe
27: Fears?
Dyeing alone, never finding love, being hurt by people, never having a baby
28: Last thing that made you cry?
A man, the same man it always is!
29: Last time you cried?
Last week
30: Meaning behind your url:
I dont have one but my flickr name comes from the fact my most overused phrase is Oh my God so I made my username oh my Blythe!
31: Last book you read?
The Hunger Games
32: Last song you listened to?
Starships by Nicki Minaj I love singing the rap part out loud!
33: Last show you watched?
The Big Bang Theory I am in love with Leonard
34: Last person you talked to?
My sister
35: The relationship between you and the person you last texted?
He's my best friend
36: Favorite food?
Chinese
37: Place you want to visit?
New Zealand, Tokyo and New York
38: Last place you were?
Brighton
39: Do you have a crush?
Oh blime loads! Main ones are Tom Hardy, Aidan Turner, Johnny Depp and Ralph Fiennes
40: Last time you kissed someone?
I kiss people all the time ie friends etc it depends what kind of kiss this question refers too!
41: Last time you were insulted and what was it?
My brother in law said I was a bum beard
42: What color underwear are you wearing?
Leopard print
43: What color shirt are you wearing?
I'm wearing a grey dress
44: Are you tired?
Hell to the yeah!
45: Wearing any bracelets?
No
46: Last sport you played?
Ha ha Sport!
47: Last song you sang?
Foxy Lady by Jimi Hendrix
48: Last prank call you remember doing?
I'm rubbish at pranks!
49: Last time you hung out with anyone?
Last night with my sis and friend Meg..
50: Do you consider yourself to be approachable?
I like to think so!
temevo che sarebbe andata così. ecco a cosa servono i morti, a dare visibilità, la prima pagina a una questione più che scottante e scandalosamente ignorata.
limes:
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dal sito di Repubblica
www.repubblica.it/esteri/2010/05/31/dirette/israele_assal...
e L'Unità
www.unita.it/news/mondo/99383/israele_assalto_alla_nave_d...
come si fa a non voler sapere, a ignorare?
a Vicenza ore 18.30 sit-in davanti alla Prefettura
Roma, ore 17.00 piazza Sam Marco
Milano: ore 17.30 in piazza San Babila
Bologna: ore 17.00 in piazza Maggiore
Genova: ore 18.00 davanti alla Prefettura
Torino: ore 17.00 davanti a palazzo Nuovo
Firenze, ore 18.00 alla prefettura
Pisa, ore 17.00 a piazza xx Settembre
Napoli ore 17.00 piazza del Plebiscito
Novara, ore 17.30 alla prefettura
Bergamo ore 18.00 Piazza Vittorio Veneto
Grosseto: ore 18 davanti a prefettura
L'Aquila ore 18.00 rotonda della Guardia di Finanza
Livorno ore 18.00 Piazza Grande
Modena ore 17 sotto la Ghirlandina
Padova: ore 17:30 davanti alla prefettura
Parma ore 18.00 in Piazzale della Pace
Pesaro - ore 18.30 davanti al Comune
Treviso - ore 18.00 davanti alla Prefettura
Varese ore 17 davanti alla prefettura
Venezia ore 17.00 - Ponte di Rialto
Viareggio ore 17 davanti al comune
ricevo da Bassima e pubblico:
Comunità Palestinese nella Regione del Veneto
Al Quds - Istituto di Cultura Italo Palestinese
COMUNICATO
Purtroppo alle ore 4.00 del mattino l'esercito israeliano ha compiuto il suo orribile attacco di pirateria alla flottiglia internazionale di pace che portava viveri ed aiuti a Gaza (da 4 anni assediata ed affamata).I soldati si sono calati dagli elicotteri e preso il comando. Le navi portavano 10.000 tonnnellata di aiuti e di case prefabbricate ed altro. Tutto è avvenuto in acque internazionali che Israele si arroga il diritto di controllare. La flottiglia (8) in tutto procedeva lenta verso Gaza e a bordo c'erano parlamentari e personalità internazionali e Nobel per la pace ed attivisti dei diritti umani (in tutto 700 persone) da 50 paesi di tutto il mondo e 5 italiani.
La Comunità Palestinese è addolorata e angosciata per questo ennesimo barbaro attacco contro la Comunità Internazionale e contro i civile che sono a bordo delle navi, siamo molto preoccupati per la sorte dei passeggeri. Le navi sono state dirottate verso altri porti scelti dall'esercito israeliano con i feriti ed i morti a bordo
Crediamo che il silenzio dei media e dei politici nei giorni scorsi ignorando completamente questo grandioso evento internazionale di solidarietà e giustizia ha dato la solita luce verde ad Israele di attaccare con violenza questa impresa.
Informiamo ed invitiamo tutti a partecipare al sit.in alle 18.00 con altre associazioni ed organizzazioni davanti alla prefettura per protestare contro questo attacco barbaro che ha lasciato sul terreno 16 morti ed una 50 na di feriti. Preghiamo i nostri amici che hanno a cuore la pace e la solidarietà sono pregati di organizzare manifestazioni presso le prefetture ed i comuni delle loro città.
Un altro sit.in sarà in atto davanti alla Prefettura di Vicenza alle 18.30
non mancate se potete.
Tutta la Comunità.
2017. It sucks. I f*%king hate hate HATE this stupid waste of space. I don't even consider this to be a year, It was a nightmare. It was abysmal and atrocious and it combines with my other hated years (2009, 2013 [Only for my personal life], 2014, and 2016). It deserved that because 2017 is the WORST YEAR IN THE WORLD, y personal life and everything!!!!!!!! This year has been BULL$#!T, Everything sucks in 2017! The reason why 2017 is the worst, it's because My sister sprang her knee, my cat had surgery, Donald Trump the evil president, My family members were fighting, the death of my pug, Paramount Pictures has gone downhill, lots of celebritiy deaths, mass shootings, terrorist attacks, lots of TV shows getting cancelled, mediorcre remakes and sequels, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi (That movie abslouutley SUCKED). 2017 is the worst!
I'm GLAD 2017 is OVER!!!!!! Lots of bad stuff happening, also, this year seems to be a little better, we'll see.