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Consequences of human sin.
Canel of Buriganga river .The Buriganga River, the lifeblood of the capital Dhaka, is now lifeless. The sound of clear water is no longer visible on the riverbed. Buriganga is a dead, stagnant 'river' of black, foul-smelling polluted water. Due to the navigability crisis, polluted waste from various factories and tanneries, illegal encroachment by some people, dumping of household and other garbage and rubbish into the river, etc., the pollution of the Buriganga River is constantly increasing. At the same time, the once lively Buriganga River has now become a lifeless dead river. The river that was full of fish, now due to plastic and human waste, the water that used to be clear is now just toxic black water. It seems that the Buriganga River, known as the lifeblood of Dhaka, is gradually heading towards death.
First posted on June 13, 2011 //
'Patterns' of conversation and social interaction.
- Loures, Portugal -
Rusted metal flakes lie on charred timber in a silent graveyard forest where no birds sing. Best viewed large.
Always look closely at the shadows that flicker behind you.
Atrociraptor is a bit of tablescrap, so I thought that just posting it "raw" would be boring and decided to build a small scene. This is my first successful attempt at building a setting for my MOC (dunno if I can call it a diorama) and actually I enjoy it a lot, especially lighting, Studio built-in render is just miraculous. Let me know what you think about it and should I continue experimenting with such scenes.
Actions have consequences...first rule of life. And the second rule is this - you are the only one responsible for your own actions.
Holly Lisle, Fire In The Mist, 1992
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I have wanted to photograph this barn ever since I saw it more than two years ago! It has definitely seen better days...the roof is nearly caving in from heavy snows and the the sides have half of their boards wiped out from heavy winds...but then, that's what gives it so much character!
This ol' barn was photographed just east of Portage, Wisconsin; 031512.
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Refusing to obey God’s boundaries—sin—always has negative consequences.
Genesis 3:16–19 To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.” And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned.
Judges 2:10–15 All that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not know the LORD or the work that he had done for Israel. And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals. And they abandoned the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed down to them. And they provoked the LORD to anger. They abandoned the LORD and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth. So the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them. And he sold them into the hand of their surrounding enemies, so that they could no longer withstand their enemies. Whenever they marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them for harm, as the LORD had warned, and as the LORD had sworn to them. And they were in terrible distress.
Hosea 8:5–8; Romans 1:18–32
Keith R. Miller and Patricia A. Miller, Quick Scripture Reference for Counseling Youth (Updated and Revised.; Baker Books: Grand Rapids, MI, 2014), 45.
“Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.”
(Rabindranath Tagore - Indian Poet, Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, 1861-1941)
Last morning I my friend Abhishek picked me up early and we went to see the sunset on the Ganges.
There was an amazing light, sometimes the holy waterswere taking silver shades, sometimes golden ones.
Those days people come early to the ghats in order to bath or to feel a kind of freshness before the unbearable heat of the day.
Those two friends seemed to enjoy swiming together, it was the begining of a nice day with happiness...
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This tribe may no longer exist soon as a big dam will be build in Ethiopia on Omo river, and will have huge consequences on their life...
The Karo (or Kara), with a population of about 1000 - 1500 live on the east banks of the Omo River in south Ethiopia.
Their neighbors are the Hamar,Bana,Bashada,the famous Mursi and Nyangatom (on the other side of Omo river, who are their enemies ) . They speak a south Omotic language.
The Karo grow sorghum ,maize and beans .
Karo use to paint body and decorate their face. They use white chalk, charcoal, ochre and red earth.. Karo women scarify their chests to beautify themselves .The scarification of a man's chest shows that he has killed an enemy or a dangerous animal. The scars are done with a knife or razor blade and ash is rubbed into.
The wearing of a grey and ochre clay headdress also indicates the killing of an enemy or a dangerous animal. Hamar do the same.
The women have a very nice hairdress: they put red clay mixed with butter and fat in their hair, so that the hair looks like a bunch of coffee beans. Women still wear leather clothing made from animal skins.
The men all use a wood headrest to protect their hair bun, and they use it too to sit.
They love to rest under the men house, the chifo. At the end of the harvest and at times of initiation and marriage, the Karo come together to enjoy dances with a lot of local beer. These happy times often lead to marriage after the young man has successfully accompling the bull jumping. A Karo man may take as many wives as he can afford, but usually he marries two or three.
Les Karos (ou Karas) sont environs 100-1500 à vivire sur la rive est du fleuve Omo en Ethiopie du Sud. Leurs voisins sont les Hamars, Banas, Bashadas,Mursis, et les Nyangatom qui vivent de l’autre cote du fleuve et qui sont leurs ennemis de longue date. Les Karos cultivent du sorgo, du mais et des haricots.
Les Karos sont fameux pour leurs peintures corporelles et les décorations qu’ils portent. Ils utilisent de la craie, du charbon, et de la terre pour se dessiner des motifs sur le corps. Les hommes et les femmes aiment se scarifier la poitrine. Les femmes pour être plus belle, les hommes pour indiquer qu’ils ont tué un ennemi ou un animal dangereux. Les hommes portent aussi un petit casque en argile sur le sommet du crane et y plantent des plumes d’autruches. Ils ne se separent jamais de leur appui tête qui fait aussi office de petit siege. Les hommes aiment se retrouver sous un abri appelé chifo pour discuter et se reposer.
Les femmes soignent leur coiffure et lorsqu’elles ne rasent pas la tête, portent une coiffure en forme de grains de café. Elles portent toujours des vetements faits à partir de peaux d’animaux.
A la fin des recoltes, ou lors des ceremonies, les Karos aiment danser et boire la biere locale, occasion revee pour former les couples. Les garcons doivent passer l’epreuve du saut des vaches avant de pouvoir pretender à epouser une femme. L’homme Karo peut avoir autant de femmes qu’il souhaite, en general 2 ou 3.
© Eric Lafforgue
It is maybe a consequence of the unusually hot summer but I saw sparrows behaving the other day in a way I had not witnessed before. We have some pots of tall scented lilies in the garden that were full of very tiny bugs . The sparrows on mass descended on them and spent a couple of hours feasting on the bugs . They were putting their heads right inside the flowers it was very amusing as the lilies swayed under the weight of the birds . I can only assume they were pretending to be hummingbirds
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My other half is a doctor, which means the effects and consequences of his work are tangible. It's a bad day when someone in his charge dies; it's a better day when, given limited time and resources, he's able to give his patients something approaching decent care. This palpability, this definiteness, was among the factors which led me to have a mini existential crisis about the value of my own career and work to the wider world.
I've written before that the educational choices I've made in my life were driven by the literally selfish desire to understand who I am and what it means to be me. This led me to interests and studies in psychology, philosophy and - the subject of my degree - literature. I discovered that I learned much more about myself by reading stories about other people. These choices disappointed my teachers in mathematics and the sciences, and my career in photography has surprised old schoolmates who assumed I would become a lawyer or else justify their designation of me as 'most likely to be elected to parliament.'
When I was around eleven I saw Dead Poets Society, and was so moved by a monologue delivered by Robin Williams' character that it imprinted on me a love and appreciation for the value of art. "We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race, and the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering: these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love: these are what we stay alive for."
It's easy to forget art's value, difficult to feel it day to day, even for - perhaps especially for - those who work in the arts. The first moment of doubt that I remember with any vividness was in a literature tutorial at university when, as we sat round a table discussing a novel by C.S. Lewis, the thought struck me: "What are we doing? Why the fuck are we sitting here talking about a children's book like this!?" And although I consider some small parts of my studies to have been pseudo-intellectual nonsense, I knew on a deeper level that what we were doing was important.
I don't even consider my work to be 'art': it certainly doesn't set out to challenge anyone or anything, or even to convey any deep meaning or message. Like this little essay, it's self-indulgent. I photograph the things that move me, surprise me and interest me, and if that can make someone think or discover something new - or even if they just enjoy looking at it - then that makes me happy. I'm encouraged by the occasional emails I receive from people I don't know which tell me of how my work has inspired their own, or of how it has made them realise the beauty of a city they've lived in for years; or, very occasionally - and most surprising and even frightening of all - of how it has affected the decisions they've made about their own lives.
And this is what art is for: to teach us how to be human beings, to teach us how to be here. In Other Colours, Orhan Pamuk writes about the importance of reading novels, but his words can be applied to other arts: "Reading was central to my efforts to make something of myself, elevate my consciousness, and thereby give shape to my soul. What sort of man should I be? What was the meaning of the world?…With the knowledge I gathered from my reading, I would chart my path to adulthood."
Glasgow, 2012.
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A consequence of having terrific weather during our Summer holiday in Cornwall this year was that I got to take lots of photographs – so many in fact, that here I am, at the end of September, still processing memories of what was a truly memorable Summer!
I recall it being particularly warm when I visited Church Cove, on the Lizard Peninsula. The cove takes its name from the small 14/15th century church, dedicated to St Winwaloe.
This view of the cove, is actually taken from the church's graveyard, which as you can see, is almost upon the beach. There is a small perimeter wall and just here, a gap in the foliage through which you can see the lovely beach and the view stretching across towards Poldhu Point.
Berlin boasts two zoological gardens, a consequence of decades of political and administrative division of the city. The older one, called Zoo Berlin, founded in 1844, is situated in what is now called "City West". It is the most species-rich zoo worldwide. The other one, called Tierpark Berlin ("Animal Park"), was established on the long abandoned premises of Friedrichsfelde Palace Park in the eastern borough of Lichtenberg, in 1954. Covering 160 ha, it is the largest landcape zoo in Europe, but with less species.
Norio had an exciting day with the movers taking things out of the house. He really wanted to help and to make friends with everyone in the house. Eventually, Naomi put him in a closed room due to fears he would escape - Norio loves to sneak out of the house and explore. At his age, that's not a good idea anymore.
I post this series of photos of an anti-war protest in central London as a neutral observer (more photos will be following soon). I'm no fan of either Russian or Western imperialism and military aggression and I have every sympathy with the Ukrainians who are facing a war of aggression from their more powerful northern neighbour, part of the motive for which seems to be to rebuild the prestige and power of Russia, as a sort of new Russian empire reflecting the former hegemonic influence over Eastern Europe of the Soviet Union. All at an immense cost in lives, and also a clear and grave violation of international law. Putin's decision to escalate the nuclear standoff with the West by publicly placing his nuclear forces on high alert should be another reminder of just how dangerous he is.
However, the West should also share a significant portion of the blame for this war. The Russian invasion is far from "unprovoked" as many media commentators claim. First, we have to remember recent history and how Russia has good reason to fear NATO which was originally set up to combat the threat of the 'Russian hordes.' It is remarkable how in 1990 Mikhail Gorbachev, despite his familiarity with Germany's responsibility for having invaded Russia twice during the twentieth century (in 1914 and 1941), agreed to allow East Germany to join West Germany inside a hostile military alliance. There was however a quid pro quo, as promised by President George H. W. Bush (senior) and Secretary of State James Baker that NATO wouldn't move "another inch to the east" but that promise was soon broken as during the Clinton presidency, Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary joined, and then under President George W. Bush, the NATO alliance was further extended to include Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Baltic States, and further still under Obama to Croatia and Albania.
This means that NATO forces are now frequently deployed right around Russia's western borders (except for Ukraine and Belarus). One can imagine, Washington's paranoia, if say in the 1960s or 1970s, Mexico and Canada had declared their intention to join the Warsaw Pact and many people may be familiar with how Cuba's desire to station Soviet missiles on its territory to deter a feared US invasion (and frequent terror attacks), almost led to a nuclear war, though fortunately Khrushchev saw wisdom and backed down in the face of JFK's terrifying brinkmanship and secretly the United States did agree to withdraw some of its older strategic nuclear missiles from Turkey.
At the same time the United States sees Ukraine as occupying a key space on the strategic chessboard, and has ensured that Ukraine has become increasingly dependent on foreign debt and Washington's goodwill, and has continued to plan for Ukraine's eventual incorporation into NATO. That would mean Ukraine, which occupies a vital strategic position on Russia's southern flank and with its border just 350 miles from Moscow, would also become a potential platform for an assault on Russia and even if no assault ever occurred, the mere fact of NATO's enhanced power, would inevitably greatly diminish any remaining influence Russia had to counterbalance US hegemony in Europe. That's why Ukraine's membership of NATO is something which no Russian leader was ever likely to accept. It is of course easy to see a possible compromise - that Ukraine should remain neutral but that in return all countries should respect its territorial integrity, although allowing some autonomy for the Russian speaking areas in Crimea and the Donbass.
Western media has downplayed the suffering of the Russian population in the Donbass region, which for years has been subjected to constant shelling from government forces, and although Ukrainian civilians have also been killed by Russian backed separatists, the UN figures clearly show that year after year, it was the Russian population which suffered a far higher level of fatalities and serious injuries, including the deaths of many children.
ukraine.un.org/sites/default/files/2022-02/Conflict-relat...
Western media also holds up Ukraine as a beacon of freedom and democracy, but while there have been some important gains for civil society in recent years, Russians have good reason to be unhappy. The Ukraine government has harassed and detained several opposition and pro-Russian journalists and in February 2017 it banned the commercial importation of books from Russia and a new education law made Ukrainian the sole language of instruction in secondary schools, which obviously discriminated against its Russian population. Fascist militias are also growing in number and corruption is endemic while the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture suspects the Ukrainian government of operating secret prisons.
However, it should be noted that the human rights record of the separatist regions of Luhansk and Donetsk have also received intense criticism from the UN OHCHR (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights) and various NGOs for suspected human rights abuses, while Russia's appalling human rights record and its increasing authoritarianism is well known.
To avoid the enormous risk of a nuclear confrontation the West has to start thinking of a way to allow Putin to climb down, without jeopardising European security or sacrificing the freedoms of the Ukrainian people and the obvious way would be to agree to recognise Ukraine as a neutral sovereign state which would remain outside NATO and with a real democratic autonomy for the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
If the West continues to funnel enormous quantities of high tech military equipment into Ukraine, without any attempt to reach a political compromise (by recognising Russia's legitimate security concerns and autonomy for the Donbass region while still guaranteeing Ukraine's sovereignty) there's a very real risk that an increasingly frustrated Putin will issue an ultimatum for the tactical use of nuclear weapons in order to regain the upper hand on the battlefield, and this will be an incredibly dangerous moment for humankind.
The peace officer is pulling over behind you now to give you a ticket for stopping on the bridge......:D They say a picture is worth a thousand words, unfortunately the clerk of courts will respectfully disagree.... ;-)))
Sometimes I see people sleeping on the ghats along the Ganges.
Where are going those golden dreams, who will catch them, could they be a key to open the palace of eternity that so many hope to find one day here, in Varanasi (Benaras), “The oldest living city in the world”...?
There are so many mysteries drowned in the river of golden dreams.
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During the Holiday Season Whistleblowers and other Targeted Individuals, that stand up to corporate and our government agencies corruptions; are overwhelmed by retaliation, harassment, mobbing and hatred. To us in the Targeted community, we call it Gang Stalking, Workplace Mobbing, Community Stalking and Mobbing. Ignorant Americans in need of acceptance, approval and sociopaths, can rally to harass, terrorize and mob you; without consequence. This is Conspired Hatred and Domestic Terrorism. How long will we continue to let this tear apart our moral fiber?All you have to do is turn on the local and national news; to see how quickly and easily it is to rally and incite America’s ignorant and hateful communities and people.
Just a few examples: an Idaho woman attending a local board meeting pertaining to Covid restrictions, house was mobbed, her 12 year old son harassed, while he was home alone. She left the meeting in tears, so she could be home with her son. One of many good example of how quickly, the haters and harassers can be assembled. These people can’t be reasoned with, they have no boundaries. Men women, their family members, children, pets; all are fare game. At our last site we had a couple with Idaho plates harassing us daily, but many change and have false plates.
There’s a Whistleblower that exposed financial corruption in the Disney Corporation; her husband committed suicide. This can be the goal of many; to harass, mob, discredit and totally destroy their Targets. Here is a link addressing this: www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-disney-whistleblower-sandra-kuba
Myself, after being forced out of my job in Yosemite National Park; the mobbing, stalking, harassment of my dog (Koda) and I are off the charts. While we move from site to site boondocking; quickly we are surrounding by hate and ignorance. As I write this; our new young neighbors camped in front of us, are letting their dog roam free in front of our camp, to antagonize my dog. A couple at our last location moved in and did the same thing after we set up. Also slamming doors each time I took Koda out to use the bathroom. As I take Koda out to use the bathroom, our neighbors will honk their horns, slam doors, turn on their headlights. One that did, uses his young boy to chase us down on his bike, as we left camp to get groceries. Then his mom waited for us to come back, sets along the roadside to bait us. Are these America's new family values? Now as I type this; another rides a bike in front of our camp, using audio to get Koda worked up. We go out for hikes and walks and we are literally chased down by motorcycles, ATV, Jeeps and trucks. A guy in a truck, who we never met or have seen before; calls out Koda’s name as he drives pass us. ATVs loaded up with pets rush out in advance, as we step out of our motorhome to go for a walk. They will set up in places we have ventured off to before, to harass us. Seriously; these people will use Koda, to get at me. Last Saturday, we had a group set up about 300 yards on the backside of our campsite. They waited for me to take Koda out to use the bathroom; then started illegally shooting rifles into a hillside. We got pretty muck the same treatment at Tonto and Ironwood National Forest. They think I can be intimidated and continually bait me. I’m not; someone needs to expose this and I will continue to do so. Like many of America’s atrocities; you won’t read it in our school books. Again, harassing Koda is to get at me and try to make him an aggressive dog (Which he is not). It says a lot about these people.
A couple weeks ago, I used a Dogie Day Care in Gilbert, AZ while I went to the VA Clinic; when I picked him up, he was so traumatized, he was withdrawn for a day and a half.
Doing laundry this week at a laundromat just outside of Buckeye AZ; a woman walked up, as Koda lay at feet, continually gave Koda aggressive stares, until he growled. I asked her three times to stop, but she continued. He was just being protective, being provoked by the woman. Then a young guy waits just outside the doorway, to blow smoke in my face as we went out to the car. The laundromat manager, later came over and told me to watch my dog (as he lay at my feet). He got the same treatment at Walmart and Pet’s Mart in Buckeye, AZ, as we stood in line for checkout. People would follow us throughout the stores, wait for us to get in the checkout line, then harass him.
In Yosemite, the corruption and cover up continues. National Park Services and the Concessionaires don’t have to abide by the same laws and restrictions that the rest of America is expected to. Here is another fine example: www-sfgate-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.sfgate.com/cali... %251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fcalifornia-parks%2Farticle%2FYosemite-Ahwahnee-covid-aramark-pandemic-15809327.php
We just came inside because of the wind; so our new neighbor starts riding and revving his motorcycle in circles, in front our motorhome to get Koda worked up. It didn’t work, he's becoming more accustomed to this daily harassment. I’m guessing this is how these people celebrate and enjoy the Holidays. They will come out here in the middle of nowhere, just to do so. What miserable lives they must live.
I know many are struggling to put food on the table this holiday season. There are many of us struggling to maintain our dignity, civility, our sanity. Please cherish anything that brings you comfort and joy. There are many Americans eager to deprive you of it.
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12-28-20 UPDATE; After this post the retaliation, harassment and mobbing have been extreme. This is what happens to Americans that expose the truth.