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*Working Towards a Better World
Never give up. Have hope. Expect only the best from life and take action to get it. -
Catherine Pulsifer
Do not forget to hope and happy be. - John McLeod
No matter the number of times you fail you must be determined to succeed. You must not lose hope. Don't stop in your storm. Don't give up so easily. -
Tony Narams, Top Secret: You Can Fly Like An Eagle
Hope is grief's best music. -Author Unknown
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*Working Towards a Better World
The only gun I own is a bubble gun and that is all I want to own!!
When are we going to be responsible here in the USA and make a law to protect our population from being killed by a gun. The statistics are out and the USA has more people killed by guns because of their lack of laws, what is wrong with this country. All people are valuable and no-one deserves to lose a loved one because of the lack of gun control!!! How many more people have to be killed until we
take action?
New York Times:
Church Massacre Suspect Held as Charleston Grieves
www.nytimes.com/2015/06/19/us/charleston-church-shooting....
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Dare to dream....
Just sing with me.
Cause' there's a blue sky waiting tomorrow.
Waiting tomorrow shining and shimmering.
A blue sky waiting tomorrow.
Waiting tomorrow.
May its all we need.
Oh. don't you wash away that smile.
You just look out the window and see the light.
It's beautiful to be alive.
It's wonderful to live a life.
The sun is sure to shine.
For you and me for everyone.......
🎧 Listen to "Feels Like Summer" by Childish Gambino ♡ ♫
SONG LYRICS: ♫♪
You can feel it in the streets
On a day like this, the heat
It feel like summer
I feel like summer
I feel like summer
You can feel it in the streets
On a day like this, the heat
I feel like summer
She feel like summer
This feel like summer
I feel like summer
Seven billion souls that move around the sun
Rolling faster, faster and not a chance to slow down
Slow down
Men who made machines that want what they decide
They're just tryna tell the children please slow down
Slow down
I know
Oh, I know you know that pain
I'm hopin' that this world will change
But it just seems the same
(It is not the same)
You can feel it in the streets
On a day like this, the heat
It feel like summer
I feel like summer
I feel like summer
You can feel it in the streets
On a day like this, that heat
I feel like summer
(I feel like summer)
I feel like summer
(I feel like summer)
Every day gets hotter than the one before
Running out of water, it's about to go down
Go down
Air that kill the bees that we depend upon
Birds were made for singing
Waking up to no sound
No sound
I know
Oh, I know you know my pain
I'm hopin' that this world will change
But it just seems the same
I know
Oh, I hope we change
I really thought this world would change
But it seems like the same
I know
Oh, my mind is still the same
I'm hoping that this world will change
But it just seems the same
I know
Oh, I hope we change
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WITH SINCERE THANKS: 💕
Sending out gratitude to those who follow my photostream and FAVE my images. Of course, the awards and comments are lovely, too. I'm grateful for ALL of it! Thanks so much! ♡
I am not prepared to bury my head in the sand and pretend that everything is alright when it is in fact the opposite.
I am not prepared to turn and walk away when I know that I should stand and face it all.
I am not prepared to close my eyes to unpleasant things and to stand by without taking action when needed to save a life.
Neither should you
check this out..
Now even I understand what this is all about!
and this...
www.google.com/landing/takeaction/
This is not a new photo, just posting to spread the word!
My friend and I visited the #aletschglacier in #switzerland , I had the opportunity to visit it the previous year, I am not sure if I was more impressed or it just slowly disappears but I remember my more majestic. It doesn’t help that the summer has been hotter on average that previous year. So, contemplating this giant, I cannot stop wondering. Would we manage climate change before these ancient beast completely go extinct? #climate_change #Travel #Nature #TranquilScene #Plant #MountainRange #Plateau #Cloud #Landscape #ScenicsNature #aletscharena #aletschgletscher #glacier #landsacape_photography #environmental_portrait #sony1635gm #raw_season #raw_mountains #take_action
16/366.
Who never gave the burning town a thought;
To such a pitch of folly I am brought,
Being caught between the pull
Of the dark moon and the full.
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[Explored 1/19/12]
I like this. It's... funky. And different for me.
Also, take a few seconds and sign the petition against SOPA and PIPA. Well, at the very least, read about them and educate yourself about the legislation. Do it for me, yeah?
Taken during my all too short of a visit to Big Sur. I can certainly understand why people get inspired by this beautiful coastline. I wanted to get down to the shore and take some closer angle shots next to the rocks, but being that this was the first visit and I was running out of light and time I didn't want to risk getting stuck. Technically I think you can climb in and out of this area by hand but there are some other spots that require ropes and ladders for access. I did meet some locals further south that were fishing off of this insanely vertical trail off the cliff, and one of those guys had to be about 60 years old... put me to shame!
I got this information from one of my contacts Leon aka leapin26 about Arnold proposing to close down virtually all of the parks to save money,here's the list:
www.calparks.org/takeaction/closurelist.html
If you have the time please sign the petition to prevent closure, thanks
Action is the foundational key to all success. – Pablo Picasso
www.millionairemindset.net/action-is-the-foundational-key...
# #EarthDay #DíaDeLaTierra #JournéeMondialeDeLaTerre
LACPIXEL - 2018
Please don't use this image without my explicit permission.
© All rights reserved
Another shot from the Margate carnival. This whale is made from unwanted plastics litter, and is encouraging folk to take their litter home with them or dispose of it properly. Unfortunately, there are too many ignorant, selfish, dirty scumbags out there that will never act responsibly. The disgusting, and lazy act of leaving litter contributes greatly to the 80% of plastic waste from the land reaching the sea. This plastic pollution injures and kills Fish, marine mammals and seabirds, and its it believed that 700 species will become extinct as a result. Some plastic even ends up on your dinner plate, as some fish that you might be eating have themselves eaten waste plastic!
At 8:30 PM on Saturday 26th March 2011,
lights will switch off around the globe for Earth Hour
and people will commit to actions that go beyond the hour.
beautiful pictures from Earth Hour 2010
model by Shawn Perez
Earth by NASA and Universe by ESA and Wolfram Freudling
more info see first comment box :)
This picture I entered into a photography contest a while back and ended up getting honorable mentioned. I will have to post the picture that won 1st place sometime.
Just to let you all know I bought a knew lens and sold my other ones so right now I'm lensless. :( So there will be a while where I don't take new pictures.
You all should sign this. It's truly saddening how controlling our government is. We need to take a stand.
This is a really unfortunate moment in our history, as it stands this is the last time I will be able to see this scene since I work most weekends. But there is a great opportunity to save our parks for good and not let them slip into evil hands. With $22 million in cuts looming next fiscal year there is no doubt that this is a last stand.....please support the parks and stop the systematic closures
beautiful eyelashes on black
I can hardly believe we would even need to sign petitions ← to keep the wolf from being gunned down, poisoned...
where is the humanity - what happened to the ''kind'' in humankind.
Kachina would like you to help her brothers and sisters of the wild, show some Wolfanity, please help.
TAGS →
more photos below ↓
☮ + ♥
thanks for not adding blinking spasm inducing gyrating graphic in comments
and I've not been adding to groups - I'd rather keep up with friends photos than do mandatory comments
El 'apagón de Internet' en contra de la ley antipiratería de Estados Unidos es inminente
Pasadas las 00:00 en fecha 18/01/2012, ha comenzado el apagón mundial de internet
I was previously not aware that it was an official awareness day for Burma the 29th, otherwise my 365 pic might have been different. The theme, as one might guess, is a red one. Though Burma may have been cut off from the internet due to their militant government trying to cover up any killings of peaceful protesters and torture pictures from leaking out, there are quite a few people online speaking out for them. I know I have said this before, but again, when freedom of speech is subdued, art forms become the fall back for that expression. You can read about what is going on in Burma here.
The picture was made as a last minute thing, so pardon the lack of creativity. This is merely more about awareness.
Here are a few reputable links to follow up on:
United States:
Find and contact your United States Senators here
Email President Bush and the UN through Amnesty International
United Kingdom:
Email your Foreign Minister through Amnesty International
Australia:
*Note* I'm not sure if there is an email page for Australian representatives but there is a comment and awareness page.
Contact Amnesty International in Australia here
More information for anyone:
There are some other links from other commenters on this page worth viewing as well. Sorry for all the countries I missed, I went with locations where I think the majority of people on flickr might be located, but using a Google search with the keywords "Amnesty International", "your country", and "Burma", you may be able to find something similar. Thanks.
By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very good one. - Julia Cameron
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Kinship Circle: Animals In The Crossfire - Hamas/Israel War
January 12th, 2009 7:26 pm by Kelly
Kelly's note: If you'd like to take further action on this issue - for example, by encouraging your Congresspeople to join the call for a ceasefire - here are some additional, human-centered action alerts to get you started:
Amnesty International: Civilians must be protected in Gaza and Israel
Citizens for Justice in the Middle East: Action Alerts
CREDO Action: We need a ceasefire now in Gaza.
J Street: Stop the violence in Gaza
MercyCorps: Help Ensure Aid Reaches Gaza's Families
Oxfam: Urge an immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Progressive Democrats of America (PDA): Stop the Gaza Massacre--Enforce the Law
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From: Kinship Circle - kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Jan 12, 2009 6:11 PM
Subject: Animals In The Crossfire - Hamas/Israel War
VOLUNTEER FORM: Officially register in Kinship Circle’s Disaster Aid Network of volunteers, www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters/volunteer/default.html
KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER AID NETWORK
1/12/08: Animals In The Crossfire - Hamas/Israel War
www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters
IN THIS ALERT:
1. Donations Needed For Animals Left In Gaza Streets
2. Israel To Fund Medical Care For War-Injured Animals
3. Donkeys, Mules, Horses In The Holy Land
4. Middle East Animal Welfare Groups
Whatever your opinion about the present war between Hamas and Israel, one fact remains: Animals are innocents in the crossfire. PLEASE NOTE: There is not much animal rescue news related to the Hamas/Israeli war at this time. Most photos below are from the 2005 Gaza evacuation. When we learn more ways to help animals, we’ll post updates. KINSHIP CIRCLE
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1. Donations Needed For Animals Left In Gaza Streets
SOURCE: 1/09, Let The Animals Live Israel
FULL STORY / VIDEO: www.letlive.org.il/english/article.php?id=193
LET THE ANIMALS LIVE NEEDS HELP FOR ABANDONED GAZA ANIMALS
2009 -- In these bad time in the world and in Israel we must not forget our pets. Let The Animals Live, due to the situation in GAZA, is dealing with a growing phenomena of abandoned dogs left behind by their families. We collect them the put them in private shelters as well as our own. Also many dogs are being abandoned in the streets by owners who can not take care of them any more due to the rough financial situation.
To help Let The Animals Live raise awareness and donations... Geler-Nasis advertising agency produced voluntarily a short video telling the need of our organization: www.letlive.org.il/english/article.php?id=193
Please help in any way you can by donating now. Eti Altman, spokesperson and cofounder Let The Animals Live Israel, 972-50-5358421, 972-3-6241776
DONATE TO LET THE ANIMALS LIVE:
www.letlive.org.il/english/donate.php
ABOUT LET THE ANIMALS LIVE / MISSION & SHELTER:
www.letlive.org.il/english/about.php
2005 -- LT: Many settlers left their homes without taking pets... Israeli animal activists scoured empty settlements in the Gaza Strip to find abandoned...dogs, cats, chickens, goats, geese, parakeets, ducks, turtles, an iguana... news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4181284.stm
2005 -- RT: Yafit, Hakol Chai's mobile clinic assistant, rescues a chicken.
chai-online.org/e-news/26Aug05/chaialert_29august05.htm
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2. Israel To Fund Medical Care For War-Injured Animals
SOURCE: 1/6/09, Ynetnews
FULL STORY: State to help fund treatment of pets hurt by rockets
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3651173,00.html
Last week a Qassam rocket hit a house in Sderot and killed the family's dog, which was at the building's yard during the attack. The dog was rushed to the veterinarian for treatment, but died due to severe shrapnel injuries and massive loss of blood.
Following this incident and in light of the fact that like their human owners, pets in Israel's south are also under the constant rocket threat, the Agriculture Ministry has decided it would help pay for the medical care of dogs and cats injured by rocket fire from Gaza.
"One of the main problems arising from the treatment of wounded animals is that the tax authorities do not consider pets as property, and therefore owners are not compensated for medical treatment of the animal," said Dganit Ben-Dov, DVM, the Veterinary Services official in charge of enforcing the Animal Protection Law.
"This is the aspect we wish to rectify, since treatment to a wounded animal could cost thousands of shekels," she added. According to Ben-Dov, the ministry will also consider funding treatment of street cats and dogs...
2005 -- Humane society volunteers search for hundreds of pets and farm animals left behind in the past week as Israel rushed to complete its disengagement plan with the eviction of thousands of settlers from the Gaza Strip. (Photo, David Silverman/Getty Images) www.jamd.com/image/g/53448324
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3. Donkeys, Mules, Horses In The Holy Land
SOURCE: 1/09, The present conflict in Gaza
FULL STORY: www.safehaven4donkeys.org/latest_news/news_one.php
Lucy Fensom, founder of Safe Haven For Donkeys In The Holy Land (SHADH) -- based at Moshav Gan Yoshiyya, near the towns of Netanya and Hadera in Israel.
www.safehaven4donkeys.org/index.php
Many have asked whether Lucy, her workers and the donkeys are safe during the present troubles in Gaza. We would like to reassure you all that the sanctuary is a considerable distance from Gaza and so everyone is at present unaffected. Of course, our hearts go out to all the people and animals affected and we pray that a peaceful solution will soon be reached.
In the meantime, Lucy and the team continue to reach out to donkeys, mules and horses in Israel and the West Bank and your help is still very much needed. To make a donation, visit our home page. Thank you for your support.
DONATE TO SAFE HAVEN FOR DONKEYS IN THE HOLY LAND:
www.safehaven4donkeys.org/index.php
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4. Middle East Animal Welfare Groups
Israel Cat Lovers' Society, www.isracat.org.il/english-about.html
Rehovot Society for the Protection of Animals / Rehovot SPA
POB 1067, Rehovot 76110, Israel * ph: 972-8-9445497
DONATE: www.israelpets.org/eng/index.htm
Israel Cat Lovers’ Society / We Need Your Help
DONATE: send.bignet.co.il/isracat/donation.php
Concern for Helping Animals in Israel and Hakol Chai
DONATE: chai-online.org/en/home/e_index.htm
2005 -- Hakol Chai volunteer & Tali, Hakol Chai staff, with a fortunate dog!
Hakol Chai Enters Gaza to Rescue Abandoned Animals:
www.chai-online.org/en/campaigns/settlements/campaigns_se...
Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) -- A unique organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli environmentalists.
Beirut for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
www.betalebanon.org/news.asp?news_id=105
NOAH - The Israeli Federation of Animal Protection Societies
DIRECTORY OF ANIMAL WELFARE GROUPS IN ISRAEL
info.jpost.com/C005/Supplements/CafeOleh/animals.html
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Here's a petition you can sign
And news from Greenpeace
Today, November 18th 2007, the Japanese fleet is setting out to hunt whales in the Pacific.... they are planning to kill 935 minke whales, up to 50 fin whales and humpback whales. These whales are not just so much meat:
This is Fissure when I met several times in 1986 and 1987 he was a lively 2 year old humpback..... they are killing individual whales with complex family and social structures with spirits and character.... playful curious calves and teenagers, matriarchs (some trusting enough to leave their calves for familiar whale watch boats to baby sit) and patriarch that have lived for maybe as much as 80 (they are sure humpbacks live 45 years, but suspect much longer). How can they do this "for scientific purposes" ..... for any purpose.
My heart is heavy.
>>> Foto ohne Nachbearbeitung - photograph straight from the camera <<<
Ist ja toll! / So stunning: flickr Explore: Highest position: #4 on Sunday, January 25, 2009
... ein ganz normales Morgenglühen?
Nein - eine neue Hoffnung auf Menschlichkeit in der Politik strahlt rund um den Globus:
Ich unterzeichnete "Share Your Obama Hopes and Aspirations” als # 5,128!
Lies die berührenden Hoffnungen und Erwartungen, die aus der ganzen Welt an den neuen Präsidenten Barack Obama gerichtet werden ...
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... just another morning glow?
No - a new hope for humanity in politics radiates all around the globe:
I signed the "Share Your Obama Hopes and Aspirations” Pledge as # 5,128!
Read the touching hopes and aspirations which are addressed to the new President Barack Obama ...
TODAY....
MY blog CSLTM is closed in protest against SOPA, PIPA and ACTA.
Please feel free to block out all my flickr pictures today and help America take a stand.
Support the Cause:
Please Sign the Petition and Let Congress Know:
www.google.com/landing/takeaction/
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Please help to stop this cruelty to animals! I have still tears in my eyes.
**DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME* I volunteer for a Marine Mammal rescue group.
Pup rescued in May 2001: I study Harbor Seals (since 1980, yikes). One day during pupping season this little one hauled out near me on my observation rock, a long way from where the rest of the seals were settled. I could tell from experience that it was not in good shape and desparate (its eyes sunken from dehydration and its body very skinny). I am part of a marine mammal rescue team and so have a permit to pick up abandoned pups.
When I walked over, he paniced and struggled into the water so I backed off. It has always been a dilemna for me whether to rescue a pup or not.... should I take it away from its birthplace, put it in a car, stress it out with all the human interaction it must then go through when it might not survive anyway?
So I was determined to leave it alone, but soon it dragged itself back on the ledge and my heart went out to it. A voice in my head said "com'on you've been studying seals for 20 years ... act like one." Lying down on the ground, I hunched my way over and it immediately came to me, pressing it's nose against mine... that is what mothers and pups do to bond...I was mom! (definitely not a wise thing to do since pups are carriers of all sorts of weird even deadly diseases)
It was a long walk from the shore to our house, and I had to carry him in my arms. When he got fidgety and nervous I would touch noses, we would poooof at each other and he would settle down again immediately. It was wonderful to feel his weight in my arms and watch his face while he stared wide eyed at the trees moving past.
Once I got him to the house a veterinarian friend came to rehydrate him, something he needed desperately, and got him ready for the trip to Marine Animal Lifeline where he joined other pups that were being rehabilitated in hopes of releasing them in the late summer.
We had bonded it was calmed by touching my nose, something mothers and pups do at birth.
We had a long drive to Portland where the rehab center was and a local veternarian came into her office specially to rehydrate him again for the trip. This is her young son who became very fond of La (I named him for the L and a hidden A on his head).
It was hard to part with La at the center... he and I had connected in a way I didn't with another rescue, Hancock (who had shown very little interest in me). La would seek nose to nose contact whenever he needed reassurance and would immediately calm down (I enjoyed it too even though there were all kinds of weird seal germs possibly lurking... human germs too).
When I left him off at the rehab center it was with a heavy heart. He was doing well when I checked in on him over the first week. Two weeks later he died. The center had suddenly been flooded by pups in trouble, La had no resistance to the new diseases because he had probably never nursed and hadn't had the benefit of colostrum. It still hurts ... in someways I felt I deserted him. But it is illegal for me to rehab pups, I can only rescue them.
This is a tiny image of La, at the rehab center. It is a little male Harbor seal pup I rescued in 2001. I uploaded it to finish his story. He survived and was even befriended by a second pup his age for a week or so. But didn't have the resistence to germs brought in by the surge of new pups and caught a virus. I think of this little guy often.
Credited to the people at Marine Animal Hotline in Maine. They have a wonderful newsletter of their current seal rescues. They could always use contributions.
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2006 the Harp Seal hunt has just begun and I hope people will do everything they can to put pressure on the Canadian Government to stop it.
Canadian Government and/or Canadia Prime Minister to stop it..
TGIF, everyone. It's going to be a rainy day in Georgia today, so I thought I'd brighten the day with some shots of this grocery store mum..
I'll probably be away from Flickr most of the day. Thanks so much for being such loyal visitors even as I continue to be unable to reciprocate nearly as much as I'd like to. I groan when I open my Contacts page and see all the gorgeous shots I may not be able to open and comment on.
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On Monday Iceland killed an endangered fin whale, breaking a 21-year ban on commercial whaling. I have just read and signed the petition: "Stöðvum Kristján Loftsson!"
Please take a moment to read about this important issue, and join me in signing the petition. It takes just 30 seconds, but can truly make a difference. They are trying to reach 20,000 signatures - please sign here.
Once you have signed, you can help even more by asking your friends and family to sign as well.
Thank you!
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