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Goldenrod crab spider & Peacock Butterfly, Pająk kwietnik i Rusałka pawik, (Misumena vatia & Nymphalis io)
This made it into Explore for May 22nd at a best position of #303. Thanks for all the support guys.
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TK-427 ends a bond, a friendship, a love of Hot Sauce, and a horrible storyline that could only be known by TK-HotSauce. This is a sad day. Let us all mourn the Hot Sauce.
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The lower frieze of the sarcophagus summarizes the story of Orestes told by two Aeschylus’ tragedies: Choëphóroi, Eumenides.
The story, according to Aeschylus‘ “Libation bearers” (Choëphóroi), begins on the left side of the front panel: the spirit of the murdered King Agamemnon stands wrapped in a shroud at the entrance of the stone vault. Orestes stands in front of the entrance wanting to bid farewell and embrace his father, while Pylades stands there with his right arm raised in a gesture of honor. Both are portrayed in the nude with only a chlamys draped around the neck and over the shoulder. Below, a seemingly sleeping yet always-watchful Erinys leans in front of the entrance with the large axe that slay King Agamemnon.
The large, central, scene depicts the murder of Aegisthus and Clytemnestra. The murder is in Aeschylus‘ tragedy only narrated, while it is actually executed in the palace and thus is not seen on stage. The actual murder, unseen in the tragedy, here becomes the main artistic theme. The left part of the scene depicts Orestes pulling Aegisthus from the throne and killing him turning his head aside during the act of murder. The woman to Orestes‘ right, is his nurse also turning aside and covering her face with her hand. The right half of the scene depicts Orestes, in a similar pose as a naked athlete, having pushed his mother, who has exposed her right breast and extended her right hand in a pleading defense, on the floor. To the right of Clytemnestra a frightened servant takes cover near the ground and raises a small chair high above his head in defense. These are cruel scenes, appropriate for Roman eyes so accustomed to bloody battles in the arena.
Behind Orestes there is the first of two Erinyes, a large snake coiled around her right and reaching out towards Orestes‘ head. The second Erinys can be seen in back, emerging from behind the extended carpet - “the parapetasma".
The central scene proceeds directly into the third scene of Orestes in Delphi. The scene concludes to the far right with a tripod on a square base and with an omphalos, wrapped in a cloth, above the tripod. A bay-tree expands above this holy symbol of Delphi. The still half insane Orestes, who according to Aeschylus‘ version of the myth never entirely recuperated in Delphi, raises a sword in his right hand and holds the empty sheath of a sword in his left behind his head: he carefully steps over the sleeping Erinys and sets forth from Delphi back to the left.
The upper relief on the front panel summarizes the plot of Euripides’ Iphigenia in Tauris. The frieze is also divided into three parts. Nevertheless, the difference in composition is considerable: all the scenes in Argos flow into one another below; the three scenes in Tauris - the meeting between Iphigeneia and Orestes in front of Artemis‘ temple, the scene portraying the transport of Artemis‘ statue to its washing in the sea and the scene depicting the Greeks fleeing from Tauris - are distinctly and visibly separated from each other.
The first scene shows a temple with folding, closed doors. The temple is simplistic and there are only delineated trees. They are indubitably bay-trees, as Artemis is the sister of Apollo and bay-trees denote the sacred tree of these two gods. A fire is alight on a round altar in front of the temple before which four individuals stand: Iphigeneia handing a letter to the timorous Pylades, a “capsa” in the shape of a jug for letter scrolls is at his feet. Orestes stands behind Pylades, who holds him back, calms him and holds his hand. Behind Orestes is a Taurian guard.
This scene is parted from the next by a tree. Five individuals appear in this scene. Iphigeneia is again to the left, in a somewhat more ceremonious dress and with a diadem in her hair. She holds Artemis‘ wrapped xóanon, simulacrum, which she will carry to the sea under the pretense that she is washing it and thus the Greeks will be able to reach the seashore undisturbed. Orestes in front of Pylades, now stands before her. His hands are chained behind his back. A guard wearing a Scythian cap and trousers stands behind the two. The fifth character follows: the Taurian King Thoas. He carries a long, strong stick of an entirely theatrical form in his left hand.
The third, and final, scene on the right depicts the Greeks fleeing from Tauris. The right side portrays the stern of a ship on billows and Iphigeneia safe behind the railing on board. Iphigeneia clutches Artemis‘ xóanan in her right hand. The gangway, upon which Pylades ascends with a raised sword, has yet to be drawn aboard. Orestes fights two Taurians in the opposite direction. One Taurian with a long, oval shield has already fallen, while the other with a long, rhombus shaped shield is defending himself.
Source Kastekic J., Arheolski vesnik 50, 1999, str. 259.286
Marble sarcophagus
130-140 AD
Vatican City State, Vatican Museums, Museo Gregoriano Profano
One of my best contre-jour tram shots just happens to be of tram 2551, seen here at Morden Road in March 2012. This is part of my reprocessing in mono project.
It's such a poigniant shot, as 2551 was the tram involved in the Sandilands accident where 7 people lost their lives and many others were injured.
I call it Tragedy and Joy because of the girl on the left seemingly jumping and having fun and obviously, no-one knew the fate of the tram at this point.
taken for ODC "chaos"
as I was leaving work for an appointment--I turned on the radio and saw the half mast flag.
radio news was all about the grieving as a result of the chaos in our most recent tragedy in Arizona.... made me step away from thinking about my upcoming office move or my personal need for calm.
Just two and a half years old Volvo B9TL, Wright Eclipse Gemini.2, number 390 (SN11 EDX) was set on fire near to the schemes of Oxgangs while in service on the night of Monday the 16th of December 2013. Thankfully only a handful of people, including the driver, were on board and all were evacuated to safety while what was once a bus became a terrifying ball of fire that would be totally destroyed and beyond repair.
In the news bulletins that followed police said they are looking for a youth in connection with the incident who was seen departing the vehicle before the fire started.
On happier days here is 390 on the Dean Bridge when new in 2011 - one of 60 vehicles with fleet numbers 351 to 400 and 951 to 960.
This photograph was first shown in July 2011:
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Vorrei condividere con voi questo video che parla delle terribili novità del farmaco Contergan, ma è in tedesco...
Unglaublicher Skandal - Der Contergan-Fall - Doku 2016 (NEU in HD)
"La storia del Contergan continua.
Uno scienziato israeliano sostiene che il farmaco aiuti contro la lebbra e viene utilizzato anche nella lotta contro il cancro.
Queste notizie vengono trasmesse velocemente in tutto il mondo tramite la stampa.
La "droga cattiva" si trasforma in "droga buona" in quest' ultimo periodo e il medicinale viene prescritto nuovamente.
In particolare in Brasile, dove molti pazienti sono analfabeti...così che oggi c'è una nuova generazione di bambini malformati..."
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Il talidomide è un farmaco che venne messo in commercio dall’azienda farmaceutica Grunenthal tra il 1957 e il 1961 per curare alcuni disturbi molto comuni nelle donne incinte (insonnia, nausea, leggere influenze): mai testato prima su animali gravidi, ebbe conseguenze devastanti sul genere umano. Si stima che siano state circa 10 mila le vittime in tutto il mondo, tra le 500 e le 700 in Italia (qui l’esperienza personale di Nadia Malavasi, presidente dell’Associazione vittime talidomide del nostro paese).
ANCORA IN COMMERCIO.
Dopo essere stato bandito ovunque, il talidomide è rientrato in commercio negli ultimi anni per la sua proprietà di restringere i vasi sanguigni, utile nella cura di alcune forme di cancro, come il mieloma, il morbo di Chron e la sclerosi multipla. Il farmaco non può essere venduto alle donne incinte, ma in Brasile, dove è in commercio per la cura della lebbra senza divieti, almeno 100 bambini in un anno sarebbero nati con malformazioni dovute all’uso del talidomide da donne in gravidanza. È questa la principale rivelazione di un video del New York Times del 23 settembre che ripercorre la storia del farmaco.
PUBBLICITÀ MASSICCIA.
Come ricorda il documentario, il talidomide è passato alla storia non solo per le sue conseguenze funeste, ma soprattutto perché dopo l’esplosione del caso furono introdotte a livello mondiale le prime norme sulla farmacovigilanza, soprattutto sull’obbligo di sperimentazione prima del commercio. Nel documentario sono diversi i testimoni oculari di quegli anni. Uno è Claude Murphy, ostetrico canadese, che ricostruisce l’enorme battage mediatico organizzato dalla Grunenthal per la promozione del farmaco: «Tutti noi medici all’epoca ne ricevemmo in quantità enormi, parlo di migliaia di queste pillole». Nel frattempo i primi bambini malformati nascevano proprio in Germania e anche tra i dipendenti della Grunenthal, ma quei casi vennero accuratamente nascosti all’opinione pubblica sino al 1961.
LO SCANDALO.
Nel 1960, l’azienda aveva chiesto il permesso per il commercio del talidomide anche negli Usa. Nel documentario è riportata una rara testimonianza di Frances Kelsey, il primo medico a denunciare il farmaco alla Food and drug administration. La farmacologa che aveva appena iniziato a lavorare alla Fda doveva analizzare il medicinale, quando la Grunenthal già aveva pronte per il commercio negli States 2 milioni di pastiglie. Ricorda Kelsey: «Era proprio il primo incarico, ero nuova e giovane e pensavano fosse una cosa facile». Non lo fu affatto. Kelsey notò subito la mancanza di qualsiasi studio scientifico sul talidomide nella documentazione.
Kelsey decise di concentrarsi in particolare sui potenziali effetti del farmaco sui feti: «E nella documentazione consegnatami era allegata una sola sperimentazione farmacologica, condotta dal medico R.O. Nulsen, di Cincinnati, Ohio, nelle donne al terzo mese di gravidanza, con risultati positivi rispetto al farmaco. Scoprimmo che in realtà era stata scritta dal direttore scientifico della stessa Grunenthal». Lo stesso presidente Usa John F. Kennedy, apprendendo di quanto stava accadendo e dopo aver parlato con la stessa Kelsey, intimò alla Grunenthal di arrestarne la vendita: dal 1 gennaio 1962 il farmaco venne bandito in tutto il mondo.
LE VITTIME.
Era già tardi, perché nel frattempo molte vite sono state distrutte. Come racconta nel documentario Giselle Cogo, l’avvocato dell’Associazione delle vittime del talidomide. Anche lei è nata con una malformazione molto forte agli arti superiori, la focomelia: «Forse la gente si aspettava che fossi arrabbiata. Ma non lo sono mai stata, perché in effetti sono stata fortunata. Rispetto a tanti altri, che sono stati allontanati dai loro genitori, io sono sempre stata molto amata dai miei, che mi hanno vista come loro figlia a tutti gli effetti. Il talidomide ha anche distrutto molte famiglie». In Italia, una delle vittime più note è la medaglia d’oro per lo slalom nello sci nautico, Giancarlo Cosio.
I NUOVI “FIGLI DEL TALIDOMIDE”.
Nel documentario parla anche Robert D’Amato, medico presso il Boston Children’s Hospital, uno dei ricercatori che negli anni ’90 scoprirono gli effetti positivi del talidomide su alcune malattie, come il fatto che bloccava le cellule del sangue: «Ora è il farmaco principale usato contro il mieloma. Quando ci sono farmaci che hanno un’attività paralizzante, questa può essere usata anche in modo buono, se si scopre bene cosa esattamente sia».
Oggi, dopo la scoperta dei nuovi casi brasiliani, l’associazione mondiale chiede che il farmaco sia per sempre eliminato dal commercio.
La Grunenthal si è scusata con le vittime solo nel 2012, con uno scarno comunicato stampa: «Siamo molto dispiaciuti – ha detto l’amministratore delegato dell’azienda – Chiediamo perdono che per quasi 50 anni non siamo riusciti a trovare il modo di comunicare con voi da essere umano a essere umano».
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Nuove vittime in Brasile del talidomide
Un documentario che ricostruisce, attraverso la testimonianza diretta di alcuni protagonisti, la vicenda del farmaco in commercio tra il 1957 e il 1961 che provocò malformazioni in 10mila bambini, perché non era stato testato prima su animali gravidi.
Il talidomide è tornato in commercio tra la fine dei ’90 e i primi 2000, per la cura di alcune forme di cancro (soprattutto il mieloma), il morbo di Chron e la sclerosi multipla, col divieto assoluto di commercio a donne in gravidanza.
Tuttavia in alcuni paesi del terzo mondo è stato usato senza restrizioni anche per la cura della lebbra: in Brasile, secondo uno studio ripreso oggi dal Nyt, nel 2005 sono nati 100 bambini vittime del farmaco.
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Deadly fire engulfs apartment block in Shanghai centre
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It was a horrible tragedy. My heart is with you.
A side note...with the earthquakes, landslides, etc. that have happened of late, I wanted to remember those affected by those tragedies, too. My hope is for safety and peace for those affected. And healing of hearts and bodies of the survivors.
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Just off to the right of this picture is the scene of the fifth largest non-nuclear, non-natural explosion in history, which took place on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus on 11 July 2011.
A large store of explosives and ammunition self-detonated, killing 13 people and severely damaging Southern Cyprus' only power station (the chimneys shown are part of the re-constructed facility).
When I took the photo I wasn't aware that it included a gravesite (indicated by an arrow) which I assume belongs to one of the victims. (To zoom in click on the picture once - or twice - and press the "Escape" button on your computer to return to the normal view)
Full information on the disaster can be found here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelos_Florakis_Naval_Base_explo...
These are cookies I did for my sister in laws cookie tray that met a tragic end and never made it to the tray!! I had taken this picture, then bumped the little table I had them on and they tumbled to the ground and broke (I did say some choice words that weren't so nice!!) Luckily I had made two cakes and two different witches - but this witch was my favorite and I wish she hadn't met such a terrible fate (I guess not all witches can fly!!!)
This is a photo of a young Iraqi girl taken during a night raid in the War on Terror. The girl had been in a car with her parents when they failed to stop at a military checkpoint. Soldiers on duty fired warning shots and then opened fire on the vehicle when it it continued toward the checkpoint at high speed. Both of the girl's parents were killed. This is one of the many tragedies that come from Iraq almost daily. Over the course of almost twnety years, Iraq has been bombed, raided, burned, and searched too many times to count. American troops have had an unmistakable presence there since the Gulf War of the early 1990's and have participated in two wars. During that time hundreds of thousands of casualties have occured. Today, vast portions of Iraq have no electricity or indoor ploumbing, since bombs and raids have destroyed the city. This young girl is only one of the many children orphaned by the war. Entire families are left homeless. Schools, hospitals, and neighborhoods have been destroyed. The future for this little girl is grim, as it is for all of Iraq. Sadly, scenes like this have been a part of several conflicts that U.S. soldiers have taken part in. Civilian casualties have occured not only in the Middle East but also in Korea, Vietnam, and the Phillipines. This can have an extremely detrimental effect on a developing nation, since trauma early in life can dramatically change a person. This little girl will grow up facing the pain she experienced upon the loss of her parents, pain that will likely taint her image of the west and the world in general.
What would Auguste François Marie Glaziou think? It is estimated that 90% of the National Museum collections were lost in the fire.
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I found this on the deck the morning we were arriving in Montego Bay after twos days at sea. I have heard of birds landing on ships, blown out to sea beyond returning. So sad...
On October 9th 1963,1917 people died in the Vajont disaster (487 of them were children). The Vajont dam (1959) was built in a gorge between the mountains in North-East Italy. The construction was marked by long, incredible and impressive amount of mistakes, errors and tragic underestimations of the geological features and risks of that area, backed by political, scientific and business short-sighted and criminal support.
At 10:39 P.M., a massive landslide of about 260 million cubic metres of forest, earth and rock, fell into the reservoir full of water at the top of the dam at up to 110 kilometres per hour. The enormous landslide (also caused by the water activity of the dam itself) was complete in just 45 seconds and the resulting displacement of water of 50 million cubic metres overtopped the dam in a 250-metre high wave. The energy released by the water totally destroyed 5 villages in the underlying valley, with an esteemed blast wave equivalent (or even higher) to the one of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
Even if located in such a wrong place, the dam was extremely strong and remained nearly undamaged, and it was a luck because the wave would have been of 150 instead of 50 million cubic metres. Nowadays the dam stands still, an enormous and impressive concrete monument to human idiocy.
3-07-2012
I am posting the second of two pictures I took a month ago of a sunset between two hopper cars.
Tragically we have lost four people in train accidents the last couple of weeks. Yesterday a semi-truck ran into a train in small town close to here and the driver was killed. Three days ago a 61 year old man walked under a crossbar to save a few seconds. He didn't realize a train was coming from the opposite direction and he stepped in front of it. The week before a man was crossing a railroad bridge spanning the Red River in Fargo and was hit. The week before a 24 year old musician was found along side the tracks, he had fallen from a freight train he was riding.
Caution and common sense has to be used when ever you are dealing with a train, they are dangerous.