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Did you tie it well? Is my knot good enough
to keep the boat from drifting away?
Is there even a boat here?
What is connected to what? And who tied the other end?
Where does my responsibility begin, and where does it end,
for what I have done?
I can be responsible only
for the act I performed. Not for the outcomes.
And certainly not for others. My responsibility is only
for the rope.
Not for what lies outside the frame.
Not for what is unknown and not mine.
Responsabilité
As-tu bien attaché ? Mon nœud est-il
assez solide pour que le bateau ne se détache pas ?
Y a-t-il seulement un bateau ici ?
Qu’est-ce qui est lié à quoi ? Et qui a attaché l’autre extrémité ?
Où commence et où s’arrête ma responsabilité
dans ce que j’ai fait ?
Je ne peux être responsable
que de l’acte que j’ai accompli. Pas des conséquences.
Et certainement pas des autres. Ma responsabilité porte uniquement
sur la corde.
Pas sur ce qui est hors du cadre.
Pas sur ce qui est inconnu et qui ne m’appartient pas.
"A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom." ~ Bob Dylan
You may not be a superhero, but you have a responsibility to be a hero in your world.
Have an awesome night! I will catch up with your photos tonight. Peace.
Paint the Moon Week 2: Responsibility
193 553 wirbt mit ihrem Design für CO² Einsparung durch Schienengüterverkehr - über Grenzen hinweg. Bei Mitteldachstetten konnte die Lok mit einem KLV Zug an einem sonnigen Januartag fotografiert werden.
alias 193 552 von TXL mit einem Ganzzug Transporter aus Italien nach Rheine, bei der Durchfahrt in Paderborn
Just round the corner a demonstration to force politicians to act against accelerating climate change there is a man homeless because he lost his job. Only the dog is his friend. This photo dedicated to Nicolas Hell.
... Menorca, nine days ago .... done for ❤️ WTBW ❤️!!!
... recuerdas? ... un día fuiste así!! ... todo ojos ... todo curiosidad ... todo sensaciones!!! ... felicidad ... miedo ... alegría ... tristeza ... una pequeña esponja ávida de conocimiento!!! ... no dejes que hagan el camino solos!!! ... comparte con ellos tus valores ... tus sueños ... tus esperanzas!!! ... deja que aprendan de tus errores y de tus aciertos!!! ... aprende con ellos ... aprende de ellos .. redescubre el Mundo a través de sus ojos!!! ... y protégelos del HORROR y la MISERIA ... de la OSCURIDAD y del DESALIENTO!!! ... es tu Derecho y tu Responsabilidad!!! ... y disfruta de este tiempo único e irrepetible!!! ... la VIDA es demasiado CORTA como para desperdiciar un sólo segundo de FELICIDAD!!! ( ...❤️... )
... can you remember? ... one day you was like them!! ... all eyes ... all curiosity ... all feelings!!! ... happiness ... fear ... joy ... sadness ... a small sponge avid of knowledge!!! ... do not let them do the journey alone!!! ... share with them your values ... your dreams ... your hopes!!! ... let them learn from your mistakes and your successes!!! ... learn with them ... learn from them!!! ... rediscover the World through their eyes!!! ... and protect them from the HORROR and MISERY ... from the DARKNESS and the DISCOURAGEMENT!!! ... it's your Right and your Responsibility!!! ... and enjoy this unique and unrepeatable time!!! ... LIFE is too SHORT to waste a single second of HAPPINESS!!! ( ...❤️... )
... salud, buenas luces y muchas gracias a todos / as!!! ... xo♥ox ... =:o))))
... health, good lights and thanks so much to all!!! ... xo♥ox ... =:o))))
... Music: "Teach Your Children" by CNS&Y ....... enjoy this pearl of wonderful feelings!!!
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NoTe: ... Almu la vió desde el coche ... y yo hice click!!! ... gracias, guapa!!! / ... Almu saw her from the car ... and I did click!!! ... thanks, beauty!!!
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From basement to basement. (London. England. 2015.)
( Lumix G3 . Shot. )
London. England. 2015. shot ... 4 / 11
(Today's photo. It has not been published yet.)
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I will distribute my T-shirt to the world for free.
However, the number is limited.
And the following conditions are required.
You must read.
1 You have been on Flickr for over a year.
2 Only one gift will be given to one country.
So I have to choose from the applicants.
If you aren't chosen, don't resent me.
3 My T-shirt is free.
And I will bear the shipping cost.
However, you have to tell me the exact address.
Trust is important.
4 size is only L size.
You cannot choose the size.
The color is white.
The size of the T-shirt is as follows. Maker. United Athle.
100% cotton. The thickness of the fabric. 7.1 ounces.
Height. 73 cm. Width. 55 cm. Estimated height. 175 cm-180 cm.
I was particular about the material.
5 procedure
Please email me from Flickr.
What you have to write there. It's a country name.
Please write only the country name and send it to me.
I will check your site.
If I decide you.
I will reply to you by mail.
The decided person will be introduced on my site.
Link your site with text.
Subsequent procedures.
You will mail me the exact address.
At that time, you have to trust me.
The duration of my Flickr. I guarantee it.
When shipping, my address is also written.
We must keep secrets.
6 T-shirt decision.
It is scheduled for late January 2021.
7 Finally.
I have a request for you.
If you like T-shirts, please donate.
1 dollar. $ 10. It doesn't matter how much the amount is.
Your actions will save young children.
You are not obliged to report to me.
I believe in you.
8 My procedure. It's done only within Flickr.
I will never do it by email other than Flickr.
I will do it only by mail on Flickr.
You should be very careful.
I cannot take any responsibility.
There is only one Flickr site for me. I don't have multiple accounts.
Please be sure to pay attention to it. Please be careful.
These are the gifts from me.
If you want it, you should send me an mail.
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From now on, I will host "Lot No.402_".
The work of Leonardo da Vinci who was sleeping.
That is the number when it was put up for auction.
No sign was written on the work.
So this work couldn't conclude that it was his work.
However, as a result of various appraisals, it was exposed to the sun.
A work that no one notices. A work that speaks quietly without a title.
I will continue to strive to provide it to many people in various ways.
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タイトル。
地下から地下へ。(London. England. 2015. )
( Lumix G3 . Shot. )
ロンドン。イギリス。２０１５年。 shot ... 4 / 11
(今日の写真。それは未発表です。)
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ONE OK ROCK - The Last Time - Lyrics
【歌詞 和訳 意味】The Last Time / ONE OK ROCK（海外版 英語版）
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ただし、あなたは正確な住所を僕に教えなければなりません。それは信頼関係が重要です。
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Tシャツのサイズは以下のとおりです。メーカー。United Athle。
綿100%。生地の厚み。7.1オンス。
身丈。７３cm。身幅。５５cm。身長の目安。１７５cmー１８０cm。
僕は素材にこだわりました。
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今後、僕は、” Lot No.402_ ”を主催します。
このロットナンバーは、眠っていたレオナルドダヴィンチの作品がオークションにかけらた際に付されたものです。
作品にはサインなどがいっさい記されていなかったため、彼の作品だと断定できませんでした。
しかし、様々な鑑定の結果、陽の光を浴びました。
誰にも気づかれない作品。肩書がなくとも静かに語りかける作品。
僕はこれから様々な形で、多くの皆様に提供できるよう努めてゆきます。
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Văn Miếu - Quốc Tử Giám ,sometimes incorrectly called "Temple of Literature" is a Temple of Confucius in Hanoi, northern Vietnam.
The temple hosts the "Imperial Academy" (Quốc Tử Giám, 國子監), Vietnam's first national university. The temple was built in 1070 at the time of Emperor Lý Thánh Tông. It is one of several temples in Vietnam which is dedicated to Confucius, sages and scholars. The temple is located to the south of the Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long.
The various pavilions, halls, statues and stelae of doctors are places where offering ceremonies, study sessions and the strict exams of the Đại Việt took place. The temple is featured on the back of the 100,000 Vietnamese đồng banknote.
Just before the Vietnamese New Year celebration Tết, calligraphists will assemble outside the temple and write wishes in Hán characters. The art works are given away as gifts or are used as home decorations for special occasions.
The temple was built in 1070 and was reconstructed during the Trần dynasty (1225–1400) and in the subsequent dynasties. For nearly two centuries, despite wars and disasters, the temple has preserved ancient architectural styles of many dynasties as well as precious relics. Major restorations have taken place in 1920, 1954 and 2000.
"In the autumn of the year Canh Tuat, the second year of Than Vu (1070), in the 8th lunar month, during the reign of King Lý Thánh Tông, the Văn Miếu was built. The statues of Confucius, his four best disciples: Yan Hui (Nhan Uyên), Zengzi (Tăng Sâm), Zisi (Tử Tư), and Mencius (Mạnh Tử), as well as the Duke of Zhou (Chu Công), were carved and 72 other statues of Confucian scholars were painted. Ceremonies were dedicated to them in each of the four seasons. The Crown Princes studied here."
In 1076, Vietnam's first university, the "Quốc Tử Giám" or Imperial Academy, was established within the temple to educate Vietnam's bureaucrats, nobles, royalty and other members of the elite. The university remained open from 1076 to 1779. In 1802, the Nguyễn dynasty's monarchs founded the Huế capital where they established a new imperial academy. The academy at the Hanoi temple lost its prominence and became a school of the Hoài Đức District.
Under the French protectorate, the Văn Miếu - Quốc Tử Giám was registered as Monument historique in 1906. Campaigns of restoration were pursued in 1920 and 1947 under the responsibility of École française d'Extrême-Orient (French School of the Far East) and again after World War II.
The Emperor Lý Thánh Tông built the school. It was built in 1076 AD at the time of Emperor Lý Thánh Tông. It was built as a school for the rich and royals to study because education is very important. After that, it was used as university for everyone because there weren't enough universities for everyone in Hanoi. They wanted that a lot of people would go to the school so they expanded to make more space for more people and since it was expanded for more people wanted to go to the school to study well. It was rebuilt because the wood that the Emperor used in the olden days had been so old that it started to break and fall apart. As the days went by, the kings kept replacing the wood and now we have replaced the wood with concrete or metal,stone and new wood. When the French ruled Vietnam at around 1945- 1954, they destroyed some parts of the temple to make room for the sick and wounded since the hospitals were full.
One of the primary responsibilities of the FT-32 is the transportation of the FT-200 Series labs and equipment. The 200 Series labs were built to be transported, and the FT-32 has the power to handle the massive load.
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The Futuron set, Stardefender "200," is one of the iconic sets of the Classic Space era. And while I new I had to update it at some point, I was never sure the purpose of those pods on the side. Well, here is my interpretation. Enjoy.
It took two and a half hours to get this one and only shot after the sun failed to shine at just the right time. However, it shone for just the right train as TXL 193 553 "Responsibility Driven" leads 189 932 on DGS 40561 Padborg - Verona Q.E as it passes Aßling with a consist that includes Lauritzen, "Bech-Hansen & Studsgaard", DSV, Arcese, N&K Spedition, Blue Water and "Nagel Group" piggypacks in tow
Il. Title- ( - sang sur mains - ) Mike Mullen having a nice steak dinner with a 'clear conscience' ... ( On top of dead Afghani civilians & dead soldiers.. Egomaniac.. ) Yes Wikileaks shared this piece inspired by them & their work: twitter.com/wikileaks/status/21824111844 it & the entire Wikileaks series is not- for sale.
At some point there may be an exhibition with funds going towards WL & Bradley Manning.
But for now none of the pieces in the series are commercially available or for sale to private individuals.
They do have free use by Wikileaks however.
More work to be posted soon.
Dimensions: 18" x 24.5" acid free paper, acrylics, gouache & ebony pencil
"Mr. Assange can say whatever he likes about the greater good he thinks he and his source are doing, but the truth is they might already have on their hands the blood of some young soldier or that of an Afghan family," Mullen said."
www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/29/pentagon-wikileaks-bl...
MMm no- Mullen..How can we end these wars ASAP- & STOP you from getting any MORE blood on YOUR hands..
( News from Wikileaks Twitter feed, 8 - 19 - 2012: "In fact, being from another planet, he might even have picked up on something that most Americans would be unlikely to notice -- that, with only slight alterations, Mullen’s blistering comment about Assange could be applied remarkably well to Mullen himself. “Chairman Mullen,” that Martian might have responded, “can say whatever he likes about the greater good he thinks he is doing, but the truth is he already has on his hands the blood of some young soldiers and that of many Afghan families.” "
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/06/opinion/main6748239.shtml )
War Diary - wardiary.wikileaks.org/ Timeline: wartimeline.haineault.com/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mullen#2007_Senate_testimon...
& from the Pentagon- "“We want whatever they have returned to us and we want whatever copies they have expunged… We demand that they do the right thing. If doing the right thing is not good enough for them, then we will figure out what alternatives we have to compel them to do the right thing." mashable.com/2010/08/05/pentagon-wikileaks-demand/
The NERVE.. -
Wikileaks - "What we didn't hear from the Pentagon last week: "killing all those innocent people is bad. Sorry. We will stop that" Thursday, August 05, 2010
YES.
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"Thousands of children and adults had been killed and the US could have announced a broad inquiry into these killings, "but he decided to treat these issues with contempt''.
He said: "This behaviour is unacceptable. We will continue to expose abuses by this administration and others."" - www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/30/us-military-wikileak...
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Wikileaks vs the Pentagon: Phony Fingerpointing
Tom Engelhardt:: Who Really Has Blood On Their Hands?
"Consider the following statement offered by Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at a news conference last week. He was discussing Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks as well as the person who has taken responsibility for the vast, still ongoing Afghan War document dump at that site. "Mr. Assange,” Mullen commented, “can say whatever he likes about the greater good he thinks he and his source are doing, but the truth is they might already have on their hands the blood of some young soldier or that of an Afghan family.”
Now, if you were the proverbial fair-minded visitor from Mars (who in school civics texts of my childhood always seemed to land on Main Street, U.S.A., to survey the wonders of our American system), you might be a bit taken aback by Mullen’s statement. After all, one of the revelations in the trove of leaked documents Assange put online had to do with how much blood from innocent Afghan civilians was already on American hands.
The British Guardian was one of three publications given early access to the leaked archive, and it began its main article this way: “A huge cache of secret U.S. military files today provides a devastating portrait of the failing war in Afghanistan, revealing how coalition forces have killed hundreds of civilians in unreported incidents. They range from the shootings of individual innocents to the often massive loss of life from air strikes...” Or as the paper added in a piece headlined “Secret CIA paramilitaries’ role in civilian deaths”: “Behind the military jargon, the war logs are littered with accounts of civilian tragedies.
The 144 entries in the logs recording some of these so-called ‘blue on white’ events, cover a wide spectrum of day-by-day assaults on Afghans, with hundreds of casualties.” Or as it also reported, when exploring documents related to Task Force 373, an “undisclosed ‘black’ unit” of U.S. special operations forces focused on assassinating Taliban and al-Qaeda “senior officials”: “The logs reveal that TF 373 has also killed civilian men, women, and children and even Afghan police officers who have strayed into its path.”
Admittedly, the events recorded in the Wikileaks archive took place between 2004 and the end of 2009, and so don’t cover the last six months of the Obama administration’s across-the-board surge in Afghanistan. Then again, Admiral Mullen became chairman of the Joint Chiefs in October 2007, and so has been at the helm of the American war machine for more than two of the years in question.
He was, for example, chairman in July 2008, when an American plane or planes took out an Afghan bridal party -- 70 to 90 strong and made up mostly of women -- on a road near the Pakistani border. They were "escorting the bride to meet her groom as local tradition dictates." The bride, whose name we don’t know, died, as did at least 27 other members of the party, including children. Mullen was similarly chairman in August 2008 when a memorial service for a tribal leader in the village of Azizabad in Afghanistan’s Herat Province was hit by repeated U.S. air strikes that killed at least 90 civilians, including perhaps 15 women and up to 60 children. Among the dead were 76 members of one extended family, headed by Reza Khan, a "wealthy businessman with construction and security contracts with the nearby American base at Shindand airport."
Mullen was still chairman in April 2009 when members of the family of Awal Khan, an Afghan army artillery commander on duty elsewhere, were killed in a U.S.-led raid in Khost province in eastern Afghanistan. Among them were his "schoolteacher wife, a 17-year-old daughter named Nadia, a 15-year-old son, Aimal, and his brother, employed by a government department.” Another daughter was wounded and the pregnant wife of Khan's cousin was shot five times in the abdomen.
Mullen remained chairman when, in November 2009, two relatives of Majidullah Qarar, the spokesman for the Minister of Agriculture, were shot down in cold blood in Ghazni City in a Special Operations night raid; as he was -- and here we move beyond the Wikileaks time frame -- when, in February 2010, U.S. Special Forces troops in helicopters struck a convoy of mini-buses, killing up to 27 civilians, including women and children; as he also was when, in that same month, in a special operations night raid, two pregnant women and a teenage girl, as well as a police officer and his brother, were shot to death in their home in a village near Gardez, the capital of Paktia province. After which, the soldiers reportedly dug the bullets out of the bodies, washed the wounds with alcohol, and tried to cover the incident up. He was no less chairman late last month when residents of a small town in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan claimed that a NATO missile attack had killed 52 civilians, an incident that, like just about every other one mentioned above and so many more, was initially denied by U.S. and NATO spokespeople and is now being “investigated.” "
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/06/opinion/main6748239.shtml
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"What is interesting is who is responsible for the killings.
Of the 1,325 civilian deaths recorded by the Afghan human rights group, 23 per cent were attributed to Nato or Afghan government forces. The Taliban and their allies were responsible for 68 per cent of the deaths.
The UN study claimed the civilian death toll was slightly lower at 1,271 with anti-government forces blamed for 76 per cent of the casualties.
Chronicling precise figures is extremely difficult because most parts of the country are inaccessible.
Crucially, both studies suggested that the proportion of deaths attributed to Nato and Afghan government forces were down compared to last year because of fewer air strikes.
This is important because clumsy air strikes on innocent villages and unfair raids on their houses has been driving a lot of Afghans to pick up arms on behalf of insurgents."
by, Hamida Ghafour
More: www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100811/OP...
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"My countrymen called me a prostitute
(Filed: 26/10/2004)
Fourteen months ago, Hamida Ghafour went to Afghanistan to cover her native countrys postwar reconstruction for this newspaper. But, as a westernised Afghan, her homecoming wasnt as welcoming as she had hoped"
www.afghanistan.org/news_detail.asp?17220
I am skeptical about agendas.. It can be confusing, this is why for better or worse one must have THE FACTS - it would have been better if we had them from the START.
Without facts no one cares what we do- or who we kill, because we simply don't have ANY concept of how a decade long war is going..
“The government is engaging in selective prosecution to ensure that employees keep their mouths shut,” says Stephen Khon, a lawyer specializing in whistleblowing cases. “All of a sudden the whistleblower becomes public enemy number one. There is no proportionality.” www.alternet.org/world/147778/how_the_military_destroys_t...
This- - you MUST watch-- It's of Afghani's asking for peace & for us to leave- "Wikileaks Assange, stand freely for love & we in Afg will stand with you.." From: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9E_nXiPj9g
US war crimes: soldiers speak out. - www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj6s1V0Dpuw
From Wikileaks Twitter- "UNAMA Human Rights Unit issued recommendations in the report including:
• The Taliban should withdraw all orders and statements calling for the killing of civilians; and, the Taliban and other AGEs should end the use of IEDs and suicide attacks, comply with international humanitarian law, cease acts of intimidation and killing including assassination, execution and abduction, fully respect citizens’ freedom of movement and stop using civilians as human shields.
• International military forces should make more transparent their investigation and reporting on civilian casualties including on accountability; maintain and strengthen directives restricting aerial attacks and the use of night raids; coordinate investigation and reporting of civilian casualties with the Afghan Government to improve protection and accountability; improve compensation processes; and, improve transparency around any harm to civilians caused by Special Forces operations.
• The Afghan Government should create a public body to lead its response to major civilian casualty incidents and its interaction with international military forces and other key actors, ensure investigations include forensic components, ensure transparent and timely compensation to victims; and, improve accountability including discipline or prosecution for any Afghan National Security Forces personnel who unlawfully cause death or injury to civilians or otherwise violate the rights of Afghan citizens."
unama.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1741&ctl=Deta...
From Wikileaks Twitter- CBC
"A bomb is found tucked into a school typewriter. Insurgents dressed in military uniforms attack an education chief. School guards are tied up while the building is bombed to smithereens. Teachers and students at an all-girls high school are poisoned through the drinking water."
"School attacks
Year Number of attacks against schools
2005 98
2006 220
2007 236
2008 348
2009 610
Source: UNICEF. Data for 2008 and 2009 are from the UN Country Task Force on Children, and previous years are from the Ministry of Education."
"Education for children up in Afghanistan since 2002- .
"Nine years ago, about 100,000 students were enrolled in schools. The figure now stands at more than seven million students, one-third of whom are girls, according to the Afghanistan Ministry of Education.
"It's one of those sectors where we've seen radical and dramatic progress since 2002," notes Rowell.
"No one knows where the country is going … but education is a beacon of success."
Read more: www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/08/06/f-afghanistan-education...
& www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/database-afghan-war-logs/
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"New Petition Gains Prominent Signatures: “Defend WikiLeaks – End the Secret Wars” - Sign: seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/64042
"One of the most difficult tasks men can perform, however much others may despise it, is the invention of good games and it cannot be done by men out of touch with their instinctive selves." - Jung.
Treating Soldier Stress: www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2008931_2172992,00...
"Afghan War Diary
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Afghan War Diary (also called The War Logs) is a collection of internal U.S. military logs of the War in Afghanistan published by Wikileaks on 25 July 2010.
The logs consist of 91,731 documents, covering the period between January 2004 and December 2009. Most of the documents were classified as "secret", which The New York Times called "a relatively low level of classification".
As of 28 July 2010, only 75,000 of the documents have been released to the public, a move which Wikileaks says is "part of a harm minimization process demanded by [the] source". Prior to releasing the initial 75,000 documents, Wikileaks made the logs available to The Guardian, The New York Times and Der Spiegel in its German and English on-line edition which published reports per previous agreement on that same day, July 25, 2010."
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"In June 2010, Guardian journalist Nick Davies and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange established that the US army had built a huge database with six years of sensitive military intelligence material, to which many thousands of US soldiers had access and some of them had been able to download copies, and WikiLeaks had one copy which it proposed to publish online, via a series of uncensorable global servers.
Wikileaks describes itself as "a multi-jurisdictional public service designed to protect whistleblowers, journalists and activists who have sensitive materials to communicate to the public."
In an interview with the U.K.'s Channel 4, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said that "we have a stated commitment to a particular kind of process and objective, and that commitment is to get censored material out and never to take it down." He contrasted the group with other media outlets by saying that "other journalists try to verify sources. We don't do that, we verify documents. We don't care where it came from." He denied that the group has an inherent bias against the Afghanistan War, saying that "We don't have a view about whether the war should continue or stop – we do have a view that it should be prosecuted as humanely as possible." However, he also said that he believes the leaked information will turn world public opinion to think more negatively of the war."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_War_Diary
"War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford." -
Hannah Arendt
"The leak of tens of thousands of Afghanistan war-related documents tells us more than the sum total of many official communiqués about the war. On balance, more disclosure is a good thing, but the leaking of raw military intelligence is a special case that requires a careful, rather than a cavalier, approach.
There is not enough information about the war, and much official information is misleading. In Canada, the federal government's quarterly reports contain a few updates based on its goals in Kandahar, but little else that informs. The government has already shown itself to be an unreliable source on issues relating to Afghan detainees.
The situation is now too dangerous for the most trustworthy chroniclers – journalists, UN personnel – to go outside NATO-protected areas.
So reliable, independent information is lacking. The circumstances in this war make such information even more necessary."
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/we-neede...
"Instead, many eyes will now pore over this data from many different directions, looking for patterns and attempting to eliminate the noise, disinformation and fog of war.
Many will look to it to criticise and condemn the US presence in Afghanistan, but if those on the other side – those who support such military incursions – have any sense, they too will use it to understand better the war in which they find themselves and adapt their counsel to fit more accurately the facts on the ground.
That’s the benefit, usually, of an open society. We get to triangulate on the truth by gathering facts in the public space, then providing them to all sides to chew over. We use this against our own illusions and those of more closed societies who can only view the world through one narrow perspective.": www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/0730/1224275801...
( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_ecology )
"The first phase was chilling, in part because the banter of the soldiers was so far beyond the boundaries of civilian discourse. “Just fuckin’, once you get on ’em, just open ’em up,” one of them said. The crew members of the Apache came upon about a dozen men ambling down a street, a block or so from American troops, and reported that five or six of the men were armed with AK-47s; as the Apache maneuvered into position to fire at them, the crew saw one of the Reuters journalists, who were mixed in among the other men, and mistook a long-lensed camera for an RPG. The Apaches fired on the men for twenty-five seconds, killing nearly all of them instantly."
Read more www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/06/07/100607fa_fact_khat...
"With the release of the WikiLeaks documents, Arab media may finally feel vindicated, as Western media finally start to give greater prominence to civilian casualties." newamericamedia.org/2010/07/wikileaks-documents-validate-...
"Wikileaks confirmed: A plan to kill American geologist with poison beer
The Wikileaks documents contain a claim that Pakistan and Afghanistan insurgents were working to poison alcoholic drinks in Afghanistan. While that's unproven, one US adviser in Afghanistan tells the Monitor he was almost poisoned that way in 2007." : www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2010/0728/Wiki...
"This is duplicitous only if you close your eyes to the Pakistani reality, which the Americans never did. There was ample evidence, as the WikiLeaks show, of covert ISI ties to the Taliban. The Americans knew they couldn't break those ties. They settled for what support Pakistan could give them while constantly pressing them harder and harder until genuine fears in Washington emerged that Pakistan could destabilize altogether. Since a stable Pakistan is more important to the United States than a victory in Afghanistan—which it wasn't going to get anyway—the United States released pressure and increased aid. If Pakistan collapsed, then India would be the sole regional power, not something the United States wants."
www.billoreilly.com/site/rd?satype=13&said=12&url...
"How to read the Afghanistan war logs: video tutorial
David Leigh, the Guardian's investigations editor, explains the online tools we have created to help you understand the secret US military files on the war in Afghanistan": www.guardian.co.uk/world/datablog/video/2010/jul/25/afgha...
"Jonathan Foreman, writing for the right of center National Review's Corner blog, hopes the documents will force America to deal with the possible deceptions being made by ally Pakistan. "It is possible that the publication of documents that provide actual evidence — rather than rumors — of the role of ISI personnel in Taliban planning, logistics, and strategy will give the West greater leverage in dealing with Islamabad and might force Pakistan’s political elite to confront the reality of the ISI’s secret activities. If so, that would be a silver lining to what is otherwise a military disaster abetted by the U.S. and British media."
www.nbclosangeles.com/news/politics/NATL-The-Importance-o...
"The real significance of the Afghan war diaries lies in what Wikileaks represents as a movement, as an evolution in journalism. One analyst has called it the emergence of open source journalism. Julian Assange makes it possible for anybody anywhere in the world to submit secret documents for publication." www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/Sevanti_Ninan/article541...
A War Without End: www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,708314,00.html
"Julian Assange on the Afghanistan war logs: 'They show the true nature of this war'
Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, explains why he decided to publish thousands of secret US military files on the war in Afghanistan Afghanistan war logs expose truth of occupation": www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2010/jul/25/julian-assange...
The history of US leaks: www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10769495
Freedom of Information Act: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_...
"A long-delayed Afghanistan war funding bill, stripped of billions for teachers and black farmers, is back before the House and walking now into the storm over the Internet leak of battlefield reports stirring old doubts about U.S. policy and relations with Pakistan.": www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/40254.html & www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/40251.html
This is a large study/drawing, Assange/Wikileakers of the organization Wikileaks ( wikileaks.org ) uses 'matches from sources' to disclose US gov secrecy ( behind large black curtains ) & to also finally bring some much needed attention & closure to some of these revelations ( set ablaze ).
This ongoing series is dedicated to everyone who has needlessly had their lives destroyed, been injured or die in this almost past decade of war. For the sources, journalists & average citizens who risk their lives to inform us.
Reuters reporters Namir Eldeen, Saeed Chmagh & the good samaritan ( father ) who died trying to save them & of course his two surviving small children who will forever be impacted by the brutality of war for decades to come.
Please help Private Bradley Manning- www.bradleymanning.org/
"One surprising consequence of the war in Iraq is the surrender of postmodernism to a victorious modernism. This has been largely overlooked in North America.
In reaction to the U.S. intervention in Iraq, Jacques Derrida, a famous postmodernist, signed on as co-author of an article drafted by the German philosopher Jürgen Habermas, previously an opponent of his, in an unmistakable endorsement of modernist Enlightenment principles. Derrida, the apostle of deconstructionism, is now advocating some decidedly constructive and Eurocentric activism.
The article appeared simultaneously in two newspapers on May 31, in German in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung as "After the War: The Rebirth of Europe," and in French in Libération, less triumphantly, as "A Plea for a Common Foreign Policy: The demonstrations of Feb. 15 against the war in Iraq designed a new European public space."
Other famous intellectuals joined in with supportive newspaper articles of their own: Umberto Eco (of The Name of the Rose) and Gianni Vattimo in Italy and an American philosopher, Richard Rorty. This provoked much discussion in Europe, but only a few comments so far in North America, the Boston Globe and the Village Voice being rare exceptions.
This week in Montreal, there was an anti-globalization riot in which windows were broken in protest against a World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting. But the Habermas-Derrida declaration praises the WTO and even the International Monetary Fund as part of Weltinnenpolitik: maddeningly hard to translate, but something like "global domestic policy" or "external internal policy."
Yet it is not much of a stretch to claim the young anti-globalists as disciples of postmodernism and Derrida, who has hitherto been a foe of "logocentrism" (putting reason at the centre), "phallologocentrism" (reason is an erect male organ and, as such, damnably central) and Eurocentrism (the old, old West is the homeland of all of the above).
Derrida added a note to the article, observing most people would recognize Habermas's style and thinking in the piece, and that he hadn't had time to write a separate piece. But notwithstanding his "past confrontations" with Habermas (Derrida had objected to being called a "Judaistic mystic," for one thing), he agreed with the article he had signed, which calls for new European responsibilities "beyond all Eurocentrism" and the strengthening of international law and international institutions."
More: www.16beavergroup.org/mtarchive/archives/000361.php
"In early 2003, both Habermas and Derrida were very active in opposing the coming Iraq War, and called for in a manifesto that later became the book Old Europe, New Europe, Core Europe for a tighter union of the states of the European Union in order to provide a power capable of opposing American foreign policy. Derrida wrote a foreword expressing his unqualified subscription to Habermas's declaration of February 2003, "February 15, or, What Binds Europeans Together: Plea for a Common Foreign Policy, Beginning in Core Europe,” in Old Europe, New Europe, Core Europe which was a reaction to the Bush administration demands upon European nations for support for the coming Iraq War[25]. Habermas has offered further context for this declaration in an interview."
More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%c3%bcrgen_Habermas#Habermas_and_D...
Habermas: ”The asymmetry between the concentrated destructive power of the electronically controlled clusters of elegant and versatile missiles in the air and the archaic ferocity of the swarms of bearded warriors outfitted with Kalashnikovs on the ground remains a morally obscene sight
I consider Bush' s decision to call for a "war against terrorism" a serious mistake, both normatively and pragmatically. Normatively, he is elevating these criminals to the status of war enemies; and pragmatically, one cannot lead a war against a "network" if the term "war" is to retain any definite meaning.”
Derrida: “To say it all too quickly and in passing, to amplify and clarify just a bit what I said earlier about an absolute threat whose origin is anonymous and not related to any state, such "terrorist" attacks already no longer need planes, bombs, or kamikazes: it is enough to infiltrate a strategically important computer system and introduce a virus or some other disruptive element to paralyze the economic, military, and political resources of an entire country or continent. And this can be attempted from just about anywhere on earth, at very little expense and with minimal means. The relationship between earth, terra territory, and terror has changed, and it is necessary to know that this is because of knowledge, that is, because of technoscience.
It is technoscience that blurs the distinction between war and terrorism. In this regard, when compared to the possibilities for destruction and chaotic disorder that are in reserve, for the future, in the computerized networks of the world, "September 11" is still part of the archaic theater of violence aimed at striking the imagination. One will be able to do even worse tomorrow, invisibly, in silence, more quickly and without any bloodshed, by attacking the computer and informational networks on which the entire life (social, economic, military, and so on) of a "great nation," of the greatest power on earth, depends.”
www.16beavergroup.org/mtarchive/archives/000361.php
I am incredibly- delighted at all the vital discussions about the war & US gov that are FINALLY taking place- & on a mass scale- as a result of this leak .. Simply miraculous..
FREEDOM & PEACE ( transparency, diplomacy & the evolution of such ) FOR ALL WAR NATIONS.
( WARNING - links ( after excerpt ) are NOT for sensitive viewers- ) "Wikileaks have released over 150 supressed images. This is the tip of the iceberg, keep looking, keep publishing.In the last week Wikileaks has released over 150 censored photos and videos of the Tibet uprising and has called on bloggers around the world to help drive the footage through the Chinese internet censorship regime — the so called “Great Firewall of China”The transparency group’s move comes as a response to the the Chinese Public Security Bureau’s carte-blanche censorship of youtube, the BBC, CNN, the Guardian and other sites carrying video footage of the Tibetan people’s recent heroic stand against the inhumane Chinese occupation of Tibet."
fortuzero.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/tibet-western-media-sa...
file.wikileaks.org/file/tibet-protest-photos/index.html
FREE TIBET!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also other dire & serious issues ( out of countless ) - that expose corruption by corporations & gov's:
"A documentary about intensive pig farming due to be screened at the Guardian Hay festival on Sunday is facing a legal threat from one of the companies it investigates. Pig Business criticises the practices of the world's largest pork processor, Smithfield Foods, claiming it is responsible for environmental pollution and health problems among residents near its factories."
www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/may/29/pig-business-document...
"In an investigation broadcast on BBC Radio 5 on November 14, 2004,[79] it was reported that the site is still contaminated with 'thousands' of metric tons of toxic chemicals, including benzene hexachloride and mercury, held in open containers or loose on the ground. A sample of drinking water from a well near the site had levels of contamination 500 times higher than the maximum limits recommended by the World Health Organization.[80]
In 2009, a day before the 25th anniversary of the disaster, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a Delhi based pollution monitoring lab, released latest tests from a study showing that groundwater in areas even three km from the factory up to 38.6 times more pesticides than Indian standards."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster
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The Blue Mask - Lou Reed - www.goear.com/listen/9960779/the-blue-mask-lou-reed ( & O Superman ) www.goear.com/listen/02cf55d/o-superman-(for-massenet)-la...
Lou Reed The Blue Mask
Lyrics:
They tied his arms behind
his back to teach him how to
swim They put
blood in his coffee and milk
in his gin They stood over the
soldier in
the midst of the squalor
There was war in his body and
it caused his
brain to holler
Make the sacrifice
mutilate my face
If you need someone to kill
I'm a man without a will
Wash the razor in the rain
Let me luxuriate in pain
Please don't set me free
Death means a lot to me
The pain was lean and it made
him scream he knew he was alive
They put a
pin through the nipples on his chest
He thought he was a saint
I've made love to my mother,
killed my father and my brother
What am I
to do
When a sin goes too far, it's
like a runaway car It cannot
be controlled
Spit upon his face and scream
There's no Oedipus today
This is no play you're thinking you
are in What will you say
Take the blue mask down from my face and
look me in the eye I get a
thrill from punishment
I've always been that way
I loathe and despise repentance
You are permanently stained
Your weakness buys indifference
and indiscretion in the streets
Dirty's what you are and clean is what
you're not You deserve to be
soundly beat
Make the sacrifice
Take it all the way
There's no won't high enough
To stop this desperate day
Don't take death away
Cut the finger at the joint
Cut the stallion at his mount
And stuff it in his mouth
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"He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder. "
Albert Einstein
IMAGINE THE HAPPINESS & GREAT WORK AHEAD OF US WE COULD HAVE AT THE END OF THE WARS!!!!!!!!!
www.goear.com/listen/48d6016/hora-de-la-mehedinti-romania...
NO MORE WAR & FREEDOM FOR ALL WAR NATIONS!!!!!!!!!
Peace.
From the archives, of course.
I just couldn't help it but snap a couple of shots as I saw this little girl starting at me... don't know what she was thinking, but a lot of thoughts went thru my mind... the hair on her face, her expression, those bags in her hand as if she's been carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders.. found it very compelling within those few seconds..
Malcolm X (Malcolm Little)
Born: Omaha, Nebraska, USA – 19/5/1925
Died: New York City, USA – 21/2/1965
Malcolm X was born as Malcolm Little into an African-American family deeply marked by racist violence. His father, Earl Little, was a Baptist preacher and an active supporter of Marcus Garvey’s movement, which promoted Black pride and self-determination. Because of this, he was persecuted by white supremacist groups and died while Malcolm was still a child, in circumstances widely believed to have been a murder disguised as an accident. His mother, Louise Norton Little, collapsed under the weight of poverty, persecution, and loss, and was later institutionalized in a psychiatric hospital. Malcolm and his siblings were separated and placed in foster homes and institutions.
Growing up in a deeply segregated America, Malcolm experienced systemic racism at an early age. Despite excelling at school, he was discouraged by teachers from pursuing higher education “because he was Black.” As a teenager, he moved to Boston and later to Harlem, living on the margins of society through precarious jobs, petty crime, and drug use. In 1946, he was arrested and sentenced to a long prison term.
Prison and transformation
It was in prison that Malcolm Little underwent his most profound transformation. Through intense self-education, obsessive reading, and correspondence with his siblings, he came into contact with the Nation of Islam. He converted to Islam, rejected the surname “Little”—which he saw as a name imposed by slavery—and adopted the letter “X” to symbolize the lost African identity erased by oppression.
After his release in 1952, he quickly became one of the most powerful and charismatic spokesmen of the Nation of Islam. He preached Black pride, self-defense, separation from white society, and delivered a radical critique of the hypocrisy of American democracy, which claimed freedom while denying basic rights to Black people.
Break and political independence
Over time, Malcolm X entered into conflict with the leadership of the Nation of Islam, particularly Elijah Muhammad, disillusioned by moral hypocrisy and political passivity within the organization. In 1964, he publicly broke with the Nation of Islam.
After the split, Malcolm X undertook a pilgrimage to Mecca, which marked a new evolution in his thinking. He acknowledged the possibility of human brotherhood beyond skin color, without ever abandoning his denunciation of Western structural racism. He founded new political and religious organizations and began to connect the African-American struggle with anti-colonial movements and global human rights struggles.
This phase made him even more dangerous: no longer controlled by an organization, no longer confined to an internal rhetoric, but an autonomous, international, lucid political leader.
Assassination
On 21/2/1965, during a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, Malcolm X was assassinated by gunfire.
The material killers were members of the Nation of Islam, but the murder occurred within a climate of hatred, isolation, threats, and surveillance, marked by serious institutional failures and responsibilities that were never fully clarified.
Malcolm X was eliminated because he refused compromise, because he broke ideological boundaries, and because his free and radical voice could no longer be controlled.
I publish these portraits to remember those who gave their lives for humanity, human rights, justice, and freedom. This work is meant especially for younger generations, to make visible stories that are too often forgotten or never taught, and to keep alive the memory of those who paid the highest price for truth and dignity.
I see one with one carried on the back and pans and parcels everywhere. Seeds following the wilting of a 7 mm succulent flower. A flower a day or two before in the comment.
Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña - Escocia - Glasgow - Necrópolis
ENGLISH
The Glasgow Necropolis is a Victorian cemetery in Glasgow, Scotland. It is on a low but very prominent hill to the east of Glasgow Cathedral (St. Mungo's Cathedral). Fifty thousand individuals have been buried here. Typically for the period only a small percentage are named on monuments and not every grave has a stone. Approximately 3500 monuments exist here.
Following the creation of Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris a wave of pressure began for cemeteries in Britain. This required a change in the law to allow burial for profit. Previously the parish church held responsibility for burying the dead but there was a growing need to give an alternative solution. Glasgow was one of the first to join this campaign, having a growing population, with fewer and fewer attending church. The planning of the cemetery began formally by the Merchants' House of Glasgow in 1831, in anticipation of a change in the law. The Cemeteries Act was passed in 1832 and the floodgates opened. Glasgow Necropolis officially opened in April 1833. Just prior to this, in September 1832 a Jewish burial ground had been established in the north-west section of the land. This small area was declared "full" in 1851.
Predating the cemetery, the statue of John Knox sitting on a column at the top of the hill, dates from 1825.
Alexander Thomson designed a number of its tombs, and John Bryce and David Hamilton designed other architecture for the grounds.
The main entrance is approached by a bridge over what was then the Molendinar Burn. The bridge, which was designed by David Hamilton was completed in 1836. It became known as the "Bridge of Sighs" because it was part of the route of funeral processions (the name is an allusion to the Bridge of Sighs in Venice). The ornate gates (by both David and James Hamilton) were erected in 1838, restricting access onto the bridge.
Three modern memorials lie between the gates and the bridge: a memorial to still-born children; a memorial to the Korean War; and a memorial to Glaswegian recipients of the Victoria Cross.
Across the bridge the original scheme was to enter the area via a tunnel but this proved unviable. The ornate entrance of 1836 remains.
The cemetery, as most early Victorian cemeteries, is laid out as an informal park, lacking the formal grid layouts of later cemeteries. This layout is further enhanced by the complex topography. The cemetery's paths meander uphill towards the summit, where many of the larger monuments stand, clustered around the John Knox Monument.
The Glasgow Necropolis was described by James Stevens Curl as "literally a city of the dead". Glasgow native Billy Connolly has said: "Glasgow's a bit like Nashville, Tennessee: it doesn't care much for the living, but it really looks after the dead."
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ESPAÑOL
La Necrópolis de Glasgow (en inglés: Glasgow Necropolis) es un cementerio victoriano de Glasgow, Escocia, Reino Unido. Está en una colina baja, pero muy importante, en el este de la Catedral de Glasgow (Catedral de San Mungo). Cincuenta mil personas han sido enterradas aquí. Típicamente, para el período sólo un pequeño porcentaje fue nombrado en los monumentos y no todas las tumbas tienen una lápida. Hay aproximadamente 3.500 monumentos.
La planificación del cementerio comenzó formalmente por la Cámara de Glasgow de Comerciantes en 1831, a la espera de un cambio en la ley. La Ley de Cementerios se aprobó en 1832 lo que permitió su apertura. La necrópolis se inauguró oficialmente en abril de 1833. Justo antes de esto, en septiembre 1832 un cementerio judío se había establecido en la sección noroeste de la tierra. Esta pequeña área fue declarada "completa" en 1851.
La Necrópolis de Glasgow está en una tierra llamada ‘The Craigs’ la cual fue comprada por la Casa de los Comerciantes de Glasgow en 1650 y se convirtió en un parque público durante casi 200 años. El concepto de un cementerio jardín se basó en el Cementerio Pere laChaise después de que un miembro de la Casa de los Comerciantes hubiera visitado a París. La Necrópolis fue abierta oficialmente en 1833. Este cementerio fue creado con la intención de ser multi-religioso y el primer entierro en 1832 fue el de un judío, Joseph Levi, joyero, que murió de disentería y fue enterrado en el recinto de los judíos. En 1833 el primer entierro cristiano fue el de Elizabeth Miles, madrastra del superintendente George Mylne. Después de 1860, las primeras extensiones este y sur fueron hechas encima de la Pedrera de Ladywell y en 1877 y 1892/3 fueron construidas las extensiones finales al norte y al sureste, casi doblando el área del cementerio. La Necrópolis ahora tiene 37 acres (15 has).
Tuvieron lugar 50.000 entierros en la Necrópolis con 3.500 monumentos, lo que parecen ser espacios verdes abiertos en varias zonas de las tierras son de hecho sepulcros no marcados. En 1877 el río Molendinar, que corría debajo del Puente de Sighs, era subterrá- neo. Este río pequeño fue en el que se dijo que St. Mungo pescaba salmones y que ahora es subterráneo en dirección a Clyde.
La Necrópolis fue uno de los pocos cementerios en guardar los expedientes de los muertos, incluyendo la profesión, la edad, el sexo y la causa de la muerte. En julio de 1878 el libro de visitantes mostró que 13.733 personas visitaron la Necrópolis de Glasgow - 12.400 ciudadanos y 1.333 otros visitantes. En 1966, la Casa de los Comerciantes donó £50,000 y la Necrópolis al Ayuntamiento de la Ciudad de Glasgow es el que ahora la administra y mantiene. Se han quitado los bancos y las divisiones de los sepulcros y la mayor parte del área ha sido plantada de césped como medida de mantenimiento.
Hay aquí monumentos diseñados por los principales arquitectos y escultores de la época, incluyendo Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson, Charles Rennie Mackintosh y JT Rochead, uno de cada estilo arquitectónico, dichos monumentos no sólo eran creados para los empresarios y ricos prominentes de la designada ‘segunda ciudad del imperio' sino también erigidos por aportaciones públicas para algunos ciudadanos que no habrían podido de otra manera ser enterrados aquí.
La Necrópolis de Glasgow fue el primer cementerio jardín pero otros le siguieron incluyendo Sighthill en 1840, la Necrópolis meridional en 1840 y la Necrópolis del este en 1847. La comunidad católica abrió el St Mary’s Churchyard en Calton en 1839 y el cementerio de St Peter en Dalbeth en 1851.
El acto ‘Burial Grounds’ (Escocia) de 1855 condujo al cierre de la vieja iglesia y del cementerio. Los primeros de los nuevos cementerios en las cercanías de la ciudad fueron Craigton en 1873, Cathcart en 1878, Lambhill (85 acres) en 1881, la Necrópolis occidental en 1882 y St Kentigern en 1882 (noroeste de la ciudad).
El primer crematorio que se construyo en Escocia fue el Crematorio de Glasgow en las tierras de la Necrópolis occidental en 1895.
The bee starts its transformative life cycle in the egg before hatching into larvae, pupating, and finally emerging as an adult. In social bee species, a single queen maintains the responsibility of laying each egg, while the other sterile females do not reproduce but instead stay with the queen to take care of the young. Newborn females may be raised to become future queens responsible for starting new colonies and continuing to propagate the species.
Certain social species, such as bumblebees and honey bees also build smaller colonies. Each colony begins with a single reproductive female laying eggs and maintaining the nest. When new females are born, a division of labour typically occurs, with the queen only laying eggs and other females tending to them eggs. In most social species of bees, the queen may live for several years, while most workers tend to die after a few weeks or months. Males generally die after mating.
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Without provocation, my mind can wonder and again I remember how wonderful it was to put my hand out as I walked, and to touch the strength, the power and the love that was my dog, Ben.
I miss my Wolfhound so much - but in-between the painful yearnings of my heart there is Rosie.
Rosie is the exact opposite of Ben. She is the red-headed spitfire. She manufactures energy with every step she takes and the more she walks the more reved up she becomes. Huge gulps of infinite energy. Everything is new. Everything is delightful. Rosie sees everything.
She stops to watch the leaves blow down the street and like an athlete in training takes up the challenge trying to capture as many as she can. I watch as she kisses her first fly, her first beetle, her first spider. She stops to watch in fascination as the liberated children run and laugh in the school playground. What are you thinking little one, I wonder?
Rosie is the Walmart ambassador on our walks and feels the need to greet everyone and then looks on with sorrow as they say goodbye. The world belongs to Rosie and she is wasting no time embracing all it has to offer.
The Irish Terrier breed is not for the first time dog owner or for the weak hearted. DO NOT be suckered in by those gorgeous, dreamy eyes and the darling way she quizzically holds her head. She is stubborn (ALL the shoes in this house belong to her and her alone), tenacious (she actually prances as she walks), and if she were able to vocalize her opinion so that we could really understand what she is trying to say to us we would realize that she is ALWAYS right! She abhors discipline and three walks a day are simply not enough. It is exhausting and when my husband comes home from work I eagerly pass the responsibility of HIS red-head onto him for the duration of the day. When we first got her I broke down one particularly trying morning. I felt like I was in a Postpartum depression from this incorrigible puppy and my daughter offered to look after her. She told me I needed to take a few hours of “me” time.
The way I look at it, is, the breeder should be paying us to take these bounders off of their hands and then send monthly disbursements to us just for keeping our commitment!
…and when the moon takes over for the sun and another day has passed, it is time to put our Rosie to bed. Our lovely, precious puppy who has taught us to laugh again ends the day with yet another gift - sweet puppy kisses - one from her, and then another one - from Ben…
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Laos has remained virtually unchanged for half a century. Rich in history and culture, Laos and its peoples, more than 47 ethnic groups, harmonize life to ancient rhythms and traditions that evoke timeless Asia. The vast majority of Lao people live in Laos is approximately 4 million. Laos is generally very rural areas, and Many Lao people support by agriculture, with rice being the most important crop. Women hold dual responsibility for farm at home. In rice farming women in Laos have a substantial role. Traditionally, men plough, make bunds and prepare seedbeds, and women do more than half of the transplanting of rice, weeding, harvesting, threshing and post-harvest operations. Aside from this enumerated work, a gender division of labour exists in Laos which assigns women the major responsibility for childcare and housework. As household size averages seven people these tasks require numerous hours of work each day in addition to women's work outside their home. Such hard life for elderly women where life expectancy is 59 years est. 2008. Although the trappings of the modern world are becoming increasingly visible, Laos remains the least developed country in Southeast Asia. Laos has enjoyed high economic growth, despite poor national infrastructure and a dominant, inefficient agriculture sector. It is also heavily reliant on international assistance programs. In 1998, Laos began formal negotiations with the World Trade Organization. In 2008 a 5.60 US$/day per capita.
Along the way to Wat Luang temple in Pakse we met this old woman. She was sitting in front of her house busy with household duties. Lao women have played a central role in the national country's and household economies over the past two decades. Women's participation exceeds men's in the economically active population. Due to dual responsibility for farm and household they are usually overburdened with work. At home some of these duties include water collection, which may take two to three hours a day; husking rice for family consumption, which may require two hours of work; milling rice; and caring for the sick and the elderly. Girls assist their mothers with these chores and they are often made responsible for care of younger kids. In spite of their major economic contribution, women are generally not considered as workers. However, women, particularly older ones, do control household budgets and share in financial decision making. However, for some intangible reason, the Lao people are still wonderfully friendly, hospitable and passionate. They do not have much, but show it off with pride and wear warming smiles.
Laos, is nog één van de weinige overgebleven communistisch regimes en is ook één van de armste naties van Azië. De huidige regering kwam aan de macht in 1975 en legde onmiddellijk een onbuigzaam socialistisch economisch programma op. Verandering begon in 1986 met de losmaken van beperkingen op privé-onderneming. Sinds dien heeft Laos een hoge economische groei, ondanks arme nationale infrastructuur en een overwegende, ondoelmatige landbouwsector. Het is ook zwaar afhankelijk van internationale hulpprogramma's. In 1998 begon Laos formele onderhandelingen met de Wereld Handelsorganisatie. De gemiddelde verdienste per dag is 5,60 US$ per hoofd.
Opvallend is de sterke positie die de vrouwen binnen de familie innemen en ze doen zelfs het meeste werk op de rijstvelden. De natte rijstbouw is het voornaamste middel van bestaan. De vrouwen en mannen in Laos blijven ondanks hun moeilijke bestaan altijd vriendelijk en gastvrij. Ze hebben niet veel maar stralen altijd met trots hun warme glimlach uit.
Christopher Evgeniou 23rd September 2005 - 17th September 2023 🚳 My 17 year old Motorcycle Warrior 😭
My little big guy wanted to grow up fast, turned into a man overnight and paid the ultimate price 😭
My eldest boy Christopher who would have turned 18 yesterday Saturday 23rd September 2023 died at the scene of a horrific motorcycle accident at the corner of Forest Road and Roach Street in the Sydney suburb of Arncliffe whilst attempting to be resuscitated despite his injuries and best efforts to no avail 19:28 Sunday 17th September 2023 😭
Investigation is underway with the coroner to determine findings (accident investigation, cause of death and toxicology report) but we know after identifying Christopher’s body at the Coroner, Christopher’s body sustained violent high speed direct impact injuries both internal and external which are horrific at the least.... Christopher would have faced a poor quality of life and outcome if he survived but no matter what and unconditionally, I would have looked after and cared for my boy 😭 Christopher's body is yet to be released by the coroner
Christopher acquired his motorcycle license two weeks prior to his motorcycle accident, Christopher had never ridden motorcycles before.... We tried to brainwash Christopher into not buying a motorcycle but he was determined and would have gone down that path with or without my support so in light of his decision to buy a motorcycle commuting back and forth for work I took him shopping gifting him $700 for a helmet and gloves one week after acquiring his motorcycle license as an early birthday gift then we had lunch out spending the rest of day together…. Additionally I gave Christopher $1.5k towards the purchase of motorcycle which he would contribute $3k of savings…. Christopher went to buy a 2013 HONDA CB500F the following week 16:00 Sunday 17th September 2023 and on the way home lost control without any interference of another vehicle and violently slammed into a tree taking full brunt at 87kmh whilst in a 60kmh zone at 19:28 😭 It was a big motorcycle, I would have been afraid to ride it! Christopher had the motorcycle in his possession for less than four hours and never made it home down the driveway to show me in his enthusiasm 😭 You can’t imagine my guilt and feeling responsible regardless.... I can take it and own it! I will live with it and carry that shit on my back for the rest of my existence along with everything else accumulated thus far in my timeline and journey! 😐
All I wanted to do is support Christopher's effort and enthusiasm, he was making great strides, I wanted him to be happy and I contributed in killing him 😭 We discussed all week how I wanted to go with him to inspect and buy the motorcycle but insisted every time ‘no dad, my friend rides bikes’ and so they would go together.... I wanted to respect his decision and give him space to learn, be independent and grow not stepping on his toes so to speak but rather support him…. Christopher enthusiastically asked me the night before, when he comes home with the bike if I wanted to come downstairs to look at it with him and I said 'Christopher, its going to be dark by the time you get home but I'll wait for you downstairs on Monday to have a look when you get back from work' 😭 I am plagued and hunted by that conversation everyday! I knew Christopher was high risk, OMG what have I done, I can’t grasp and fathom it, I'm a fucking idiot and totally out of my mind supporting the idea of a motorcycle when I could have brought 10 cars for him! I am part of the chain of events that killed my lovely boy 😭
Christopher started his carpentry trade apprenticeship working 6 days per week a few months ago and was starting TAFE in October with officially being backdated…. Christopher would contribute 10% of earnings towards the household, would wake up for work on his own, clean up, wash and pick up after himself, was very pleasant to be around and was a fine young man to be proud of…. I am gutted and numb, how could this be a reality!
We talked for months about going out for lobster September 23rd to celebrate Christopher’s 18th birthday then have a few drinks at the bar, sadly we never made it for lobster and drinks 😭 Instead, Christopher’s friends and us 6 days after his death celebrated his 18th birthday roadside last night at the site of his accident which has turned into a shrine both day and night, setup a table with steamed dumplings and dim sims, Greek spanakopita (spinach and cheese pita) also spinach and cheese filled triangle puff pastries, mini meat pies and sausage rolls, custard layered sponge birthday cake with fruit and berries on top, baked his favorite homemade banana cake, icebox with beers and water also his favorite drink Galliano Sambuca…. Christopher’s inner circle of five all got the number 17 tattooed on their hand and they also ordered t-shirts to be made which were worn on the night
Christopher and I planned for so much, I use to make weekly BBQ smoked meats cooked low and slow with indirect charcoal, his favorite being pork ribs with honey, I would ask him every week what meat he wanted for the following week.... We were going to renovate, design and build an outdoors BBQ charcoal pit also wood fired oven, work on cars and bikes then develop a knockdown rebuild property turning into a duplex site or ideally terraces.... I told Christopher to keep his head down and keep doing what he was doing grinding out the routine because I was so proud of him and his progress, I told him that every day when he would come through the door after work.... I would buzz him up through the intercom and run to the door opening it to greet him then eager to warm up his food and serve him dinner, try to engage with 'how was your day and what were you working on?'…. I told Christopher we would go to Japan and South Korea for culture and street food next year also to Laos, Thailand and Vietnam another time.... I gave Christopher my old school custom lifted and locked 1995 Solid Axle LN106 Toyota Hilux yeah it was defected by police for illegal lift modifications and unregistered as a result which needed full pit inspection to pass for registration but it was going to be his (our) long term project and we were going to work on it together to restore and get it back on the road…. Christopher asked me to help him work on his bike when he got it and I said ‘yeah Christopher for sure’ 😭 I never got a chance to hear Christopher and the bike come down the driveway 😭
Christopher just started to get a taste for life - Girls, mateship, travel, work, money, responsibility, experimentation, vices, planning and decision making, independence and what a supporting family really meant in the real world outside of school as an adult and had the whole world in his palms 😭 Remember when you were 17? Christopher literally thought he turned into a man overnight and paid the ultimate price but in reality, Christopher was just a kid, my kid and I let him slip right through my fucking fingers and hands 😭
I must add and make no mistake, it was not all a bed of roses, strawberry cream, champagne, pot of gold at the end of a rainbow and certainly no fucking fairy tales! We had some tough times with Christopher after the last Sydney COVID lockdowns ended late 2021 after he was coerced like everyone one else in the population by our State Government into being jabbed twice with their vaccine poisons as this was in their own words 'the only path out of lockdown'.... Christopher started to smoke weed and drink alcohol also vape, skip school, not go to school, abruptly stopped doing homework and assignments, up until 4am on his phone, wake up at 2pm, became very aggressive and abusive, habitual lying, stealing money, street and park brawls, police coming to the house.... Christopher became an angry young man and we could not even talk to him without a supernova response.... Seems I was the source focus and cause to all his grievances.... Christopher's behavior increasingly exacerbated during the course of 2022, he had run away from home a few times then come back.... One time after coming back, Christopher crash tackled and assaulted me, ground and pounded on me whilst I was on the ground and stood over me like a UFC fighter, he meant it with hatred in his heart and had the eye of the tiger in his stare.... I cant even remember what was said for it to flare up and end up in a fight.... I know it sounds cowardly but Christopher was bigger, stronger, faster, unpredictable and extremely erratic…. I'm no push over, I grew up in tough migrant neighborhoods with hardship where violence, drugs and crime was normal along with the smell of death and misery filled the air so I've been around the block more than a few times and done it all, seen a lot in my time, more than most, self made and still going around the fucking block but I must admit and without shame, I was afraid of Christopher in my own home 😑 We didn’t know what to do but the fear of living in your home with your child like that was horrible…. I went away on a prospecting trip October 2022 for three weeks to have some respite and me time in the remote bush contemplating how to move forward, during this time things flared up at home and Christopher rampaged through the house destroying everything in his path, packed his bag and left again…. I cut my trip short to get back and try to deal with the aftermath…. Christopher’s behavior was out of control and I thought my boy would end up in the red light districts with needles in his arms overdosing in gutters, in/out of jail and mental health institutions or dead…. A week later Christopher returns, ends up at the door downstairs after moving from place to place sleeping on sofas and I tell him to put his bags down outside, to not bring his belongings in the house because we will go upstairs and talk in a civilized manner engaging and exchanging first and after hearing me out either he will agree to stay bringing his stuff up or he can take his stuff and go but he was to decide that and not us…. My terms were simple – No abusive behavior either verbally or physically, no slamming of doors or windows, no breaking of personal or household items, no drug use, phone off on or before 11pm and out of reach, finish school or find a job in a trade, respect and work around other people’s needs in the household, open communication so airing grievances and concerns, negotiation, when working contribute to the household also pay for personal and household items smashed in last rampage…. We never made it upstairs to talk, Christopher violently lashed out and came at me downstairs even before I got a chance to finish talking so my spouse and younger boy Constantine (16) intervened…. My spouse then drove Christopher to his grandmothers place where he stayed for a few months till they could no longer tolerate and support his behavior so Christopher voluntarily left before they kicked him out, went to stay at his mates place and that’s where he lived for the next five months till second week of May 2023 where I would take everyone out for dinner once per week including Christopher to figure out how to reintegrate him coming home and even if this proposal was possible…. We did that for six weeks once per week and I could not have asked for a better outcome, not for me or us but for Christopher whom made a complete turnaround, he was a changed man…. At Christopher's friend’s family house he would pay $100 per week in board, supply groceries along with toiletries and personal grooming items also cook his own meals and do his own laundry..... Christopher found a job in the early stages of moving into his friends family home, albeit unreliable work but was enough to pay his way week by week…. We monitored his progress behind the scenes through back channels trying to figure it all out with the good, the bad and the ugly.... That time away into the real world opened up his eyes to the reality of life outside of school and home changing his mindset perspective becoming reciprocal.... I was so proud of Christopher and his achievements moving forward…. As hard as it was for me as a parent, I supported him being away because it seems he was in a better frame of mind and became a better person being in the real world rather than at home with us and if that is what it took then so be it.... I was all for it, to sacrifice my needs to my child for his greater good, all the power to him.... Then when Christopher came home he was thin and malnourished but we nurtured him to good health and he continued to evolve, improve and positively progress, he was clearly not the same Christopher who left and we had also changed in the process…. Sadly, we only had Christopher at home for 10 weeks before he died 😭 and they were some of the best times I have had relating to Christopher as a man and mate, not a child I was raising.... What a privilege, honor and absolute pleasure! I didn't care that he drank and smoked weed explaining to him as long as it didn't interfere with his work, family, friends and relationships.... Young men will drink and smoke, that's what they do socially and I'm not a fucking fool, ignorant or arrogant as I too was a young man once upon a time.... What a waste of a young life with so much potential who barely touched and scratched the surface 😭
We have never been parents, the kids have never been kids, there are no rehearsals OR scripts OR 101 how to and guidebooks OR rules OR time on/off/out OR magic solutions OR money trees nor respawn only examples from our parents and what character traits along with values they possessed to display but that was all in a different time and generation so everything is trial and error but at the same time constantly challenging and changing dynamic settings/environments making the best decisions possible weighing up all the available information at hand in any given situation with so many directions to go in with variables
So now, once the Coroner releases Christopher’s body to our funeral director, I will inspect his body in full detail as I want to dress him then we will have a formal viewing another evening then when it is time for cremation, on the day Christopher will be driven past our home in the hearse also around where my mom Angeliki lived as they were very close right up to Angeliki’s death 31st October 2019, a few weeks before this SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) shit hit the fan in Wuhan, then the long slow drive to Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium where we will have a 1.5 hour service at the Lotus Pavilion outdoor undercover Chapel attended by a Chinese Buddhist Monk whom will send Christopher with spiritual chant and prayer then Christopher will be moved to the onsite Crematorium which we will do a Witness Insertion…. We will then collect Christopher’s ashes at a later date in an Urn, transport them to the Chinese Mingyue Lay Buddhist Temple in Bonnyrigg where another ceremony will be conducted again by a Chinese Buddhist Monk onsite in the location where Christopher’s ashes will finally reside and permanently
OMFG NONONONONONONOOOOOOOOOO, Christopher was ONLY 17! My son Christopher was taken away from us by a fucking tree GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR 👿
I was working on this pic for about a week back and forth, would show Christopher my progress at night, particularly when I figured out how to do the blades effects.... I was so excited to show him and he would say ‘yeah dad nice’ so this post is in honor of 🚳 My 17 year old Motorcycle Warrior 😭 RIP my lovely young man after your short existence in turmoil and toil, I LOVE YOU and MISS YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH 😭
If you have made it this far, I respectfully ask that you please share the link 🚳 My 17 year old Motorcycle Warrior 😭 with your friends, family, loved ones and other Flickr members so they can also read the description which for me helps keep the spirit and memory of Christopher alive
Thank you
The Animistic Vision in Education and Human Development by Daniel Arrhakis (2026)
The Animistic Vision in Education and Human Development
The place of animism in education has been evolving: it has ceased to be understood merely as a childhood “cognitive error” and has come to be recognized as a symbolic language capable of supporting freedom of learning, autonomy, and the child's connection with the world.
Today, animistic thinking can be seen as a bridge between children's imagination and the progressive development of critical, scientific, and relational thinking.
Pedagogical Perspective of Animism
In early childhood education, animism can function as a form of symbolic language that allows children to explore reality with curiosity, empathy, and imagination. Instead of being corrected immediately, it can be pedagogically mediated to promote meaningful learning.
Mediation tool: teachers can take advantage of the child's tendency to “give life” to objects and natural phenomena, introducing scientific and biological concepts in a playful way.
Respect for the stage of development: following the contributions of Jean Piaget, modern approaches recognize that children go through phases in which they confuse activity with life, gradually advancing towards a more objective understanding of living beings.
Holistic learning: animism favors the perception that the elements of the environment are interconnected, strengthening a deeper and more sensitive environmental education.
Freedom of learning and autonomy
The recognition of animistic thinking creates an environment in which the child feels authorized to formulate their own explanations about the world. This freedom stimulates curiosity, personal expression, and the gradual construction of autonomy.
Free exploration: values fundamental childhood rights, such as playing, exploring, imagining, and expressing ideas.
Development of agency: by interacting with the world as if it had intentions, the child develops empathy and a sense of responsibility for their actions.
Relationships with the non-human: animism allows for the creation of new ways of relating to animals, plants, rivers, objects, and natural phenomena, challenging excessively rigid or exclusively rationalistic teaching models.
Enchantment and reflection: imagination becomes a driving force for learning, allowing the child to learn through enchantment, investigation, and reflection, and not just repetition.
Animism in science education
In science education, animism can cease to be treated as a simple "childish belief" and become a pedagogical tool for empathy. It helps students in the early years develop ethical and environmental sensitivity even before mastering complex theoretical concepts.
1. Attributing agency to living beings
Instead of presenting plants and animals as static objects, the animistic approach highlights their activity, interdependence, and relationship with the environment.
The "will" of the plant: discussing how a young plant "seeks" light or directs its roots towards water and nutrients.
Plant communication: presenting relationships between fungi, roots, and trees as a network of communication and cooperation in the ecosystem.
Cooperation and symbiosis: exploring examples such as bees and flowers, the plover and the alligator, or lichens, showing how different living beings depend on each other.
A simple example is the relationship between bees and flowers: the bee collects nectar to produce honey and, as it moves between flowers, carries pollen on its legs, contributing to plant reproduction.
2. Personification to understand natural cycles
The personification of abiotic elements, such as water, rocks, or wind, can help the child visualize invisible or abstract natural processes.
The journey of the drop: creating narratives about the water cycle, representing evaporation, condensation, and rain as stages of a journey.
Ecological roles: assigning symbolic functions, such as "forest cleaners," to decomposers, facilitating the understanding of their role in the balance of ecosystems.
3. Interspecies Empathy
Animism can support the construction of an ecological ethic by bringing the child closer to other forms of life and reducing the distance between the "self" and the "other."
Animal perspective: propose activities such as "What if I were a bee?", leading the child to think about what the animal sees, seeks, and needs to survive.
Rights of nature: introduce the idea that rivers, forests, and other natural elements deserve care and protection.
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A visão animista na educação e no desenvolvimento humano
O lugar do animismo na educação tem vindo a evoluir: deixou de ser entendido apenas como um “erro cognitivo” infantil e passou a ser reconhecido como uma linguagem simbólica capaz de apoiar a liberdade de aprendizagem, a autonomia e a ligação da criança ao mundo.
Hoje, o pensamento animista pode ser visto como uma ponte entre a imaginação infantil e o desenvolvimento progressivo do pensamento crítico, científico e relacional.
Perspetiva pedagógica do animismo
Na educação infantil, o animismo pode funcionar como uma forma de linguagem simbólica que permite à criança explorar a realidade com curiosidade, empatia e imaginação. Em vez de ser corrigido de imediato, pode ser mediado pedagogicamente para favorecer aprendizagens significativas.
Ferramenta de mediação: os professores podem aproveitar a tendência da criança para “dar vida” a objetos e fenómenos naturais, introduzindo conceitos científicos e biológicos de forma lúdica.
Respeito pelo estágio de desenvolvimento: seguindo contributos de Jean Piaget, as abordagens modernas reconhecem que a criança passa por fases em que confunde atividade com vida, avançando gradualmente para uma compreensão mais objetiva dos seres vivos.
Aprendizagem holística: o animismo favorece a perceção de que os elementos do ambiente estão interligados, fortalecendo uma educação ambiental mais profunda e sensível.
Liberdade de aprendizagem e autonomia
O reconhecimento do pensamento animista cria um ambiente em que a criança se sente autorizada a formular explicações próprias sobre o mundo. Essa liberdade estimula a curiosidade, a expressão pessoal e a construção gradual da autonomia.
Exploração livre: valoriza direitos fundamentais da infância, como brincar, explorar, imaginar e expressar ideias.
Desenvolvimento da agência: ao interagir com o mundo como se este tivesse intenções, a criança desenvolve empatia e sentido de responsabilidade pelas suas ações.
Relações com o não humano: o animismo permite criar novas formas de relação com animais, plantas, rios, objetos e fenómenos naturais, desafiando modelos de ensino demasiado rígidos ou exclusivamente racionalistas.
Encantamento e reflexão: a imaginação torna-se um motor da aprendizagem, permitindo que a criança aprenda pelo encantamento, pela investigação e pela reflexão, e não apenas pela repetição.
Animismo no ensino das ciências
No ensino das ciências, o animismo pode deixar de ser tratado como uma simples “crença infantil” e tornar-se uma ferramenta pedagógica de empatia. Ele ajuda os alunos dos anos iniciais a desenvolverem sensibilidade ética e ambiental antes mesmo de dominarem conceitos teóricos complexos.
1. Atribuição de agência aos seres vivos
Em vez de apresentar plantas e animais como objetos estáticos, a abordagem animista destaca a sua atividade, interdependência e relação com o ambiente.
A “vontade” da planta: discutir como uma planta jovem “procura” a luz ou orienta as raízes em direção à água e aos nutrientes.
Comunicação vegetal: apresentar relações entre fungos, raízes e árvores como uma rede de comunicação e cooperação no ecossistema.
Cooperação e simbiose: explorar exemplos como as abelhas e as flores, o pássaro-palito e o jacaré, ou os líquenes, mostrando como diferentes seres vivos dependem uns dos outros.
Um exemplo simples é a relação entre abelhas e flores: a abelha recolhe o néctar para produzir mel e, ao deslocar-se entre flores, transporta pólen nas patas, contribuindo para a reprodução das plantas.
2. Personificação para compreender ciclos naturais
A personificação de elementos abióticos, como a água, as rochas ou o vento, pode ajudar a criança a visualizar processos naturais invisíveis ou abstratos.
A viagem da gota: criar narrativas sobre o ciclo da água, representando a evaporação, a condensação e a chuva como etapas de uma viagem.
Papéis ecológicos: atribuir funções simbólicas, como “limpadores da floresta”, aos decompositores, facilitando a compreensão do seu papel no equilíbrio dos ecossistemas.
3. Empatia interespécies
O animismo pode apoiar a construção de uma ética ecológica ao aproximar a criança de outras formas de vida e ao reduzir a distância entre o “eu” e o “outro”.
Perspetiva animal: propor atividades como “E se eu fosse uma abelha?”, levando a criança a pensar no que o animal vê, procura e necessita para sobreviver.
Direitos da natureza: introduzir a ideia de que rios, florestas e outros elementos naturais merecem cuidado e proteção.
The decay protrudes through layers of peeling paint.
The rusty bolts, lying lengthwise, are like stones with no overturning.
The walls crumble, the paint flakes off, the floor isn't even,
Yet, I pass by, gaze, and continue to walk.
Who is responsible? Who was supposed to ensure that things are not
Destroyed?
I have responsibility for all that is mine and dear to me. And if something happens,
I am to blame.
Because I am responsible.
So if everything decays and falls apart, who is to blame?
Maybe the responsible one?
À qui incombe la responsabilité ?
La décomposition se distingue à travers les couches de peinture qui s'écaillent.
Les boulons rouillés, allongés, ressemblent à des pierres sans renversement.
Les murs s'effritent, la peinture s'écaille, le sol n'est pas droit,
Pourtant, je passe, regarde, et continue à marcher.
Qui est responsable ? Qui devait s'assurer que les choses ne sont pas
Détruites ?
J'ai la responsabilité de tout ce qui m'appartient et qui m'est cher. Et si quelque chose arrive,
Je suis à blâmer.
Parce que je suis responsable.
Alors si tout se décompose et s'effondre, qui est à blâmer ?
Peut-être le responsable ?
"I disclaim responsibility for many of my thoughts. They don't come from me. They come from these squatters and hobos who hang out in my head, these guys who stroll past me like naturalized, emancipated rodents (passport and papers all in order), like gentrified rats, flapping a paw and saying 'Hi, pal', and I have to wait and not mind while they make coffee or hog the can - there's nothing I can do about them, the people in here, me among them, no better and no worse and with complete equality of powerlessness, are like sick bats or threadbare monkeys wearing hippie loons and jaded t-shirts with three buttons up the throat. There's nothing I can do about them, these unknown Earthlings."
~ Martin Amis, Money