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¿Qué belleza salvará el mundo?
Fedor Dostoievski (El idiota, cap. V)*
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¿Quelle beauté sauvera le monde ?
Fédor Dostoïevski (L’idiot, chap. V)**
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Foto: Un pesebre casero… Éste se encuentra en un patio, falso claustro, de una casa particular. Es una obra que data, dicen, de los años 1950, es decir muy reciente, en material compuesto a base de cemento. La obra está realmente tallada y se debe a un artista lurdés (de Lourdes), es decir local, llamado Jean Cambon, tal vez Marcel Cambon, no consigo averiguarlo con certeza. Un pequeño misterio…
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Photo : 24 décembre. Une Nativité populaire, œuvre d’un artiste lourdais du nom de Jean (ou Marcel ?) Cambon, m’a-t-on dit, la réalité reste mystérieuse, autour de 1950. Il s’agit d’un chapiteau ornant une cour de ferme, faux cloître, dans le village de Campan (65) travaillé dans un matériau composite à base de ciment. Il s’agit d’une véritable sculpture.
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Laowa 2X Super Macro
These are 3" x 3" Post-It Notes that have been rolled in half and held together with a paper clip. The light source is a large window at the top left. The 3 main circle-top areas are less than 1.5" total width, so the estimated total width is less than 2.5" W. It's fun to turn the paper and adjust the camera to see numerous views of the same subject. Plus, the super macro lens allows me to get very close to the subject, and the depth-of-field is extremely shallow. This lens blurs the background at f/8.0 or less, but unfortunately doesn't record the depth-of-field in the EXIF data. I'm guessing this is f/4.0 or lower. I'm a rookie with this lens and have plenty to learn. But, I like that it allows me to think "outside the box". In other words, it's fun.
Please have a great day.....
Es el castillo más antiguo de España y uno de los mejor conservados. Data del siglo X y está edificado con los materiales predominantes para la construcción en el mundo árabe: la tabiyya o tapial rojizo, una mezcla de arena, cal y arcilla espesada con pequeñas piedras
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It is the oldest castle in Spain and one of the best preserved. It dates back to the 10th century and is built with the predominant building materials in the Arab world: tabiyya or reddish adobe, a mixture of sand, lime and clay thickened with small stones
I remembered this photo in a rural town in China.
Some data is missing and the shooting date and time is not accurate.
Consonance and dissonance.
I the body would be sharing certain events cached in its data files.
I shall remove the text if anybody feels hurt, offended or humiliated by its contents.
Suresh Pattali:
Suresh Pattali, a film and theatre activist, or as Paul Zacharia, the Editor of Economic Times and his former colleague rightly stated," a film buff and libertarian"; worked as a producer in Asianet when I met him.
Suresh assisted the renowned Indian filmmaker Muzaffar Ali in making classic movies like 'Gaman' and 'Umrao Jaan' and has worked with noted singer Kishore Kumar and Popular music director Salil Choudhury. He was too humble a human being to read one's character and get close within no time.
I met him first, in 2000, at his office in the Asianet Studio complex at Puliyarakonam in Trivandrum. He was very eager to listen to my album 'Simple Truth' and knew it was in the final stage of completion. He was too busy in the studio that I waited from 4 pm to about 6 pm as he occasionally makes an appearance and apologizes for making me wait and leaves after making sure that I am comfortable. Someone would want him when he joins me, and as I was not in any hurry, I asked him to take his time. When he hastily joined me at about 6 pm, I told him that I have a rough copy of 'Simple Truth' in my car. The moment he heard that he just walked out of the studio with his hand on my shoulder. He sat beside me in the car, we closed the doors, and I played the tape.
Before the music started, he asked, "What about a ride?". I nodded, and we drove out to the nearly desolate roads in the suburbs of Trivandrum. When the music started, I noticed that he is gazing at my face. With a smile, when I turned and looked at him, he asked," You did this ?". I said "Yes", and his astonished expression is the first and best compliment I ever received. I drove aimlessly while he keenly and mutely listened to all the 12 songs in the album. Later I dropped him at his house, which is just about a kilometre away from his workplace.
The very next day, I received a call from him inviting me to his house, and I visited him sometime in the afternoon. His interest in music and his memory amazed me as he started describing how he visualized one of the songs that he heard the previous day. It was late afternoon, and he was yet to have his lunch. I understood he's drunk, but he appeared perfect and very much in his senses. I told him that I would wait until he has his lunch. Within a few minutes, he returned with an egg omelette for me. I didn't refuse as I knew he prepared it just for me. It was too salty to consume, and when I was struggling with it, he joined me munching his omelette and said, "Too much salt, right? I don't have any more eggs left, else I would have made fresh ones". After spending some time discussing the script, I left following his assurance to contact me soon. The next day he called me for further talks, and we fixed a local club for the next meeting the same evening.
He ordered a few drinks and narrated his Mumbai cinema experiences. The modesty of the Popular singer Kishore Kumar, the friendliness of the great musician Salil Chowdhury, and the simplicity of the renowned actress Smita Patil. The humbleness of Kishore Kumar during recordings and the prowess of Salil Chowdhury to compose 'boatman' songs.
He respected and appreciated me for being a teetotaller, and never did he behave drunk with me. I reminded him that it's getting too late and offered to drop him at his house. On the way back, he asked, "Anuj, which is your most favourite song? ". I replied that it's a tough question as I have so many favourites." My favourite English song is, 'Still I'm Sad' by Boney M", he said. After a pause, he continued, "Do you know ' Chingari Koi Bhadke '?". I said, "Yes, I love that song." He asked, "Can you sing it ? "and I replied, " Sorry, I have never tried it". Again after a pause, he said, "Please hum it ". I hummed the tune in its original pitch, and he started singing along in a feeble voice. I drove listening to his rendition, which was indeed beautiful. He remained quiet after that, and I dropped him home at about midnight.
Within a few days, he invited me to judge a talent search programme conducted by Asianet for college students, named 'Talent Scan 2000'. I accepted the request and appeared for the programme at Victoria Jubilee Town Hall on the stipulated date and time. He introduced me to the crew, and my role was to judge Western Music. After the programme, he thanked me and promised to be in touch.
He called me after a few days and asked me whether we shall meet sometime in the evening. I agreed, and he said he would call later to fix the venue and time. He called again in the evening to tell me that he's having one of his old friends along with him and asked whether it's fine with me. I said it's all right, and I invited him to one of the most prestigious clubs in town, where I have a membership. I booked a table on the lawn and waited for him.
He had few drinks like earlier, but his friend started gulping like a thirsty cow, loudly declared that he's a Maoist, and proudly started to swank his profanity proficiency. While Suresh commanded him to behave, in an attempt to move his chair backwards, the dhoti-clad Maoist fell aback bare, along with his chair. The waiters on duty are used to such displays, but they appeared shocked as they never expected such guests with me. I asked Suresh whether we shall leave. I have never seen him angry, and he didn't lose his cool even when his friend irritated him. He said we would move, but his friend refused to come. I thought of seeking help from the waiters and security to carry him to the car.
Finally, he agreed to move when Suresh 'promised' to take him to some distinct wine bar.
I was a bit apprehensive whether he would attempt to jump out of the moving car as we proceeded towards the hotel where he stays. Once we reached the hotel, he refused to get off the car. Suresh somehow managed to pull him out, and on the street, he loudly started to demonstrate his imprecation skills. I saw Suresh with a grim face for the first time, but still, he didn't lose his cool. Swiftly, he hopped into the car and signalled me to accelerate fast. I did that, and his friend was staggering from behind, trying to chase us as we sped away. Suresh didn't utter a word after that. I dropped him home, and though he didn't apologize, I could see that apologetic look in his weary eyes when he bid me goodbye.
I phoned him early in the morning to check whether his friend is all right. He told me that his friend was nabbed by the police the previous night, and he has to get him released.
I asked him to relax and promised to call him in the evening.
I called him in the evening, and an unfamiliar voice picked up the call.
I asked, " Suresh, Is that you? ".
The stranger from the other end replied, " Suresh passed away. He vomited blood, and we took him to the hospital but couldn't save him".
"माझी जो नाव डुबोए
उसे कौन बचाये"
("If the boatman drowns the boat, who can save it ?")
Chingari Koi Bhadke: Chingari Koi Bhadke
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My second pass at this object. Captured a few more hours of data to add to the first set. I used very short exposures with the rgb camera to avoid the bright star nearby (Gamma Cassiopeiae) from over saturating the surrounding area.
"Cassiopeia's Ghost Nebula is a reflection and emission nebula located in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is often referred to as "Cassiopeia’s Ghost" due to its wispy, ghostly appearance. Here is an overview of its key characteristics:
Location and Distance: Cassiopeia’s Ghost Nebula lies approximately 550 light-years away from Earth. It is located near the bright star Gamma Cassiopeiae, a variable star that plays a critical role in illuminating the nebula.
Appearance and Structure: The nebula appears as a faint, ghostly cloud, with delicate, wispy features that resemble spectral forms. It has a combination of emission and reflection characteristics:
Emission Features: The red hue of the nebula comes from the ionization of hydrogen gas caused by the ultraviolet radiation from Gamma Cassiopeiae.
Reflection Features: The blue tones in the nebula are the result of starlight from Gamma Cassiopeiae being reflected off the surrounding dust particles.
Illuminating Star: Gamma Cassiopeiae, a massive and highly energetic Be-type star, is the primary source of radiation that influences the nebula. The intense radiation from this star causes the hydrogen gas in the nebula to glow and the dust to scatter the light.
Visibility and Observing: Cassiopeia’s Ghost Nebula is relatively faint and best observed through long-exposure astrophotography. It can be challenging to see with small telescopes but becomes more apparent with the use of filters and under dark sky conditions.
Scientific Interest: The nebula is of significant interest to astronomers studying the effects of stellar radiation on interstellar matter. It serves as an example of how nearby massive stars can shape and alter the appearance of nebulae."
Askar ACL200: 200mm f/4, ASI533MM : Ha 36x5m , Sii 34x5m
Askar ACL200: 200mm f/4, ASI533MC : rgb 821@15s
Nikon 70-200mm 200mm f/2.8, ASI533MM : Oiii 56@5m
Guided on ZWO AM5
Captured with N.I.N.A. processed with PixInsight, Ps
Monitoring the data.worldbank.org/ launch from the hotel room. Ian Ward did most of the heavy lifting from his office in Ayacucho/Peru.
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
El Pont del Diable de Cardona no és tant famos com el de Martorell, però és més misteriós. Data del s. XV i sembla ser que no s'acabà de construir mai, tot i que alguns pensen que si i que fou despres destruit per una riuada. Altres histories parlen que fou sabotejat perquè els senyors de Cardona pretenien cobrar-ne pontatge (peatge) i això indignà la gent de la contrada.
Em recorda les ruines imperials de Ctesiphon, al Iraq.
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_del_Diable_(Cardona)
www.catalunyamedieval.es/pont-del-diable-cardona-bages/
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Cardona's Devil's Bridge is not as famous as Martorell's (also in Catalonia), but it is more mysterious. Date of XV Century and it seems that it was never completed, although some think that it was and that it was later destroyed by a flood. Other stories say that it was sabotaged because the lords of Cardona wanted to charge a toll and this outraged the people of the area.
Reminds me, in very small, of the ruined vault at Ctesiphon, in actual Iraq.
Entryway to El Rancho, parking is to the right of this picture.
El Rancho de las Golondrinas, 334 Los Pinos Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Photo by R. Sanchez, August 5, 2017.
Santa Fe Photos www.city-data.com/forum/59254958-post137.html
388 - 9/26/2020
514 - 12/18/2020
The other day I went for a drive around Mt Hood, making a circle back to Portland. Turning back at Hood River, I stopped and took this photo... Fall colors are amazing, and though there is the Columbia River there, it is reflecting the Fall colors, so it is hard to make out...
www.google.com/maps/place/White+Salmon,+WA/@45.7213716,-1...
please see large :)
The Eagle Nebula is in the constellation of Serpens and contains several star forming regions. The “Pillars of Creation” are the tall spire like structures in the image composed of hydrogen and dust.
There are several smaller dark globules visible in this wide field image. Click to see the high resolution image.
Data for this image was collected by the following 1m telescopes operated by the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope (LCOGT) Network:
1m-04, 1m-05 and 1m-09 located at Cerro Tololo, Chile
1m-10 and 1m-12 located at Sutherland, South Africa
The Principal Investigator for this data set was BJ Fulton.
For this image I used publicly available data from the LCOGT Science Archive. This image is a false color image composed of data acquired by the LCOGT telescopes with the following filters:
SDSS i' Exposure: 172x3 mins = 8.6 hours
SDSS r' Exposure: 184x3mins = 9.2 hours
SDSS g' Exposure: 156x3 mins = 7.8 hours
Image replaced September 17, 2017. Stars are are now more neutral looking with less cyan or magenta cores. The image is also more pleasing with less red and stronger blues.
Publishing credits:
1) LCOGT at their website as part of their image gallery: lcogt.net/images/space/
2) Universe Today picked up this image for their Instagram stream. instagram.com/p/31oSVCFnOd/
(Image taken recently with an Analog roll film camera).
(Press "L" or Click in the image for Large View).
Sorry for being away for a while. Needed some time off Photography to do other projects.
(Spanish: Perdonen que estuve tanto tiempo fuera, pero necesitaba tiempo para otros proyectos).
(Analog Camera: Mamiya RB67 and Mamiya Sekor C 50mm).
(Analog Film: Kodak Ektar 100 Color Negative film).
(Technical Data: Develop on CineStill CS41 at 102 degrees. Scanned on Epson V600 at 1,200 dpi to create a 24 MP positive image, then contrast and color balance in Photoshop).
(Location: Smyrna Dunes Park, New Smyrna Beach, Florida).
-Setup:
Telescope: Omegon 126/880 Triplet
Mount: Skywatcher H-EQ5 Pro
Camera: Canon EOS 6D Astrodon mod.
-Imaging Data:
12x120" ISO800
0.40h
I keep an Excel data log of all the birds I photograph, and last year found that I was not taking many shots of "common" species (like Robins, House Finches, and House Sparrows). I modified my photo habits... if they're in the viewfinder they get captured. If the shot is good, it gets saved and filed. Also, with international exposure offered by Flickr, what are common to us Yanks are exciting to many of our foreign viewers. The deepening color of this individual parked on a photo prop near our bird bathing pool indicates that it is an adult, or at least nearly so. I believe it to be an advanced first-year male.
IMG_6132; American Robin
This image shows a quasar nicknamed the Teacup due to its shape. A quasar is an active galaxy that is powered by material falling into its central supermassive black hole. They are extremely luminous objects located at great distances from Earth. The Teacup is 1.1 billion light years away and was thought to be a dying quasar until recent X-ray observations shed new light on it.
The Teacup was discovered in 2007 as part of the Galaxy Zoo project, a citizen science project that classified galaxies using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. A powerful eruption of energy and particles from the central black hole created a bubble of material that became the Teacup's handle, which lies around 30 000 light years from the centre.
Observations revealed ionised atoms in the handle of the Teacup, possibly caused by strong radiation coming from the quasar in the past. This past level of radiation dwarfed the current measurements of the luminosity from the quasar. The radiation seemed to have diminished by 50 to 600 times over the last 40 000 to 100 000 years, leading to the theory that the quasar was rapidly fading.
But new data from ESA's XMM-Newton telescope and NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory reveal that X-rays are coming from a heavily obscured central source, which suggests that the quasar is still burning bright beneath its shroud. While the quasar has certainly dimmed over time, it is nowhere near as significant as originally thought, perhaps only fading by a factor of 25 or less over the past 100 000 years.
The Chandra data also showed evidence for hotter gas within the central bubble, and close to the 'cup' which surrounds the central black hole. This suggests that a wind of material is blowing away from the black hole, creating the teacup shape.
In the image shown here the X-ray data is coloured in blue and optical observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope are shown in red and green. Another image including radio data also shows a second ‘handle’ on the other side of the ‘cup’.
The research is described in The Astrophysical Journal Letters: “Storm in a Teacup: X-ray view of an obscured quasar and superbubble” by G. Lansbury et al.
Explore the XMM-Newton data from this study in ESA’s archives.
Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/University of Cambridge/G. Lansbury et al; optical: NASA/STScI/W. Keel et al
Data from 3 scopes and 4 imaging sessions combined was used to produce this image. It is all my best image data to date.
The base image, at about 1 arc sec/pixel resolution, was taken with a QHY183c camera and the other cameras were Canon DSLR's. I combined all the data with RegiStar and PSCS3.
Scopes used included a Televue TV-85, and two Meade Schmidt-Newts.
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Justification of Red List category
This species is listed as Critically Endangered because its population has undergone a very rapid reduction, for reasons that are poorly understood but are likely to be at least partly due to hunting along the migration flyway; this decline is projected to continue and increase in the future. Fieldwork in Kazakhstan (and counts in Turkey and the Middle East) has shown the population to be substantially larger than previously feared, but recent demographic studies have found low adult survival, possibly largely driven by hunting pressure along the migration routes and wintering grounds.
By Jim Lawrence
BirdLife International, RSPB (BirdLife in the UK) and leading optics manufacturer Swarovski Optik have just launched a remarkable new interactive website The Amazing Journey which charts the migration of one of the world’s most threatened birds - Sociable Lapwing. The new website enables you to experience the birds' migration online and witness new discoveries as they happen. It also provides support to a large team of international scientists who are trying to prevent the species from becoming extinct. Following extensive research, nine Sociable Lapwings have been carefully fitted with tiny, state-of-the-art satellite transmitters, which will track their hazardous 5,000+ km journey from their breeding grounds in Kazakhstan to their non breeding areas in tropical Africa and other, as yet undiscovered, destinations. The Amazing Journey follows the adventures of Erzhan, Dinara, Svetlana and six other intrepid satellite-tagged lapwings as they fly south for the winter - dodging hunters with guns and falcons and the myriad other unknown threats that await them. Andreas Pittl – Head of the Nature Division at Swarovski said, “This is a hugely important and fascinating project which Swarovski Optik is proud to champion. Wildlife is threatened with extinction for many reasons so finding ways to help such a beautiful and inspiring creature as the Social Lapwing is an important conservation effort we are keen to support. We want to bring people and nature together so they can continue to enjoy brilliant, close-up views of birds like these for years to come.” Designed by online marketing experts Digital Spring, The Amazing Journey uses satellite data fed through Google map technology to keep pace with the birds. A mixture of clever, regularly updated maps and video and photo blog reports from the field will follow their progress. Relatively little is still known about the routes Sociable Lapwings take, so tracking them will provide vital information, enabling BirdLife scientists to monitor and protect the birds and unlock the mystery of their migration. Now, for the first time, those interested in birds, wildlife and conservation can sit alongside scientists, and learn about these extraordinary birds, their migration habits and their conservation. Dr. Paul Donald, the project’s Principal Conservation Scientist at RSPB said, “We are using the world’s smallest and latest satellite transmitter – weighing just 5 grams – to record this amazing journey. By engaging with people around the world and inviting them to see this fascinating migration happening live online we believe we can inspire them to play their part too.” As the Sociable Lapwings progress along a lengthy route through various countries they need to stop every now and again to ‘refuel’ along the way. As they do so they form big feeding flocks (which is how they get their name). Whenever they touch down, precise details of their location are picked up by satellites orbiting high overhead and sent to RSPB scientists. These locations are then passed on to conservation project partners in each of the countries the birds travel through. With detailed coordinates they can quickly locate the flocks of birds, wherever they’ve touched down and take action if they are threatened in any way. The Amazing Journey website will provide regular reports from these scientists in the field keeping us up to date with all the latest news on the birds’ progress. Jim Lawrence, Preventing Extinction Programme Manager at BirdLife International said, “Protecting migratory species on the brink of extinction like Sociable Lapwings can’t be done without the considerable support of BirdLife Species Champions like Swarovski and RSPB. The Amazing Journey website is a new window on our world where you can see BirdLife International Partners around the globe delivering co-ordinated international conservation solutions.” Main photo credit Maxim Koshkin - Conservation Project Leader ACBK.
Observation in Production
Observation ID: 97
Observation Data ID: 123
Norad ID: 39430
Ground Station: 5
Start Datetime: 2016-01-23T16:23:09Z
End Datetime: 2016-01-23T16:36:34Z
Transmitter ID: xAU7UCMqYdVNPDtbej2aeJ
Audio File: ogg file
Past observation of 39430: production - development
two weeks ago I was confronted with my data in a hard way. My large storage device “Drobo” refused to operate after I upgraded it with another 2TB drive. The drive became unresponsive and after a while it did came back giving me the opportunity to retrieve some data…since this was my largest storage device I had to make sacrifices to the data I could retrieve, so I had to delete all my movies, series and software I had collected over the years. Luckily I did manage to backup my photography work.
That same week my laptop died and it has been sent back to Apple for repairs.
Fortunatly I do hold regular backup sessions, but it’s still a hassle and I’m once again aware that all data is fleeting, and no storage medium is safe from harm. Photo’s can burn, disk drives will fail…it’s time holographic data crystals are made…at least they seem stable enough….
From wiki:
NGC 7822 is a young star forming complex in the constellation of Cepheus. The complex encompasses the emission region designated Sharpless 171, and the young cluster of stars named Berkeley 59
Image details:
SHO (Hubble Palette)
231, 5-min, 100-gain, SII subs
115, 5-min, 100-gain, Ha subs
165, 5-min, 100-gain, OIII subs
42.75 hours of data total.
Data calibrated with:
Darks, Flats and Bias frames
Data collected on clear nights Dec 2024, Jan, Feb 2025.
ASI2600mm Pro Camera
Esprit 100ED with reducer
446mm focal length, F4.4
Sensor cooled to -10C
Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro mount
Dithered every 3 frames, 2X
drizzled in PIX
All data captured in my backyard in Yukon, Oklahoma
Bortle-7 sky.
Processed with Pixinsight and Photoshop.
Changing Images of Man is a 1974 report (revised in 1982) by the Stanford Research Institute (SRI International). This report can be summed up like this:
You have two options: your future can either be 1984 or the Brave New World.
“We have met the enemy and he is us!” We must reform the way we conceptualize the nature of mankind. Indeed, the mind (and body) is a human biocomputer, with programs and coding that can be analyzed, hacked, and altered. Our concepts of free will, freedom, and consciousness must be cast off for man to attain a peaceful, rational, and humane society in the future.
Changing images of man has a double meaning: man’s image has changed throughout history, and man’s image can be changed (manipulated). If we apply this idea to the present, what would be man’s image? Today, man’s image is one of transition. Since we are in the digital age, man’s image would reflect the digital world. Man looks into his screen, and his screen reflects back his digital world. Man’s image is being tokenized into the digital world. His image is becoming digitalized. His image is going to transition into transhumanism (merging man with the digital world). So man’s future image will be one of transhumanism. He will be a techno-slave. Indeed, the image of man is currently being manipulated toward the goals of the elite.
This report warns that our society is heading towards friendly fascism. This form of fascism “will come under the slogans of democracy.” It will be a “techno-urban fascism,” a “friendly sort of totalitarianism.” This is what this friendly fascism will look like: they will use military surveillance technologies to aid the police; they will use behavior-changing drugs and indoctrination in schools; they will attempt to manage the news; they will use personality screening and maintain files on pre-delinquent children, via coordination with school administrations and local, state, and federal authorities; they will use interconnected computer systems to collect peoples personal data like: employment records, criminal records, tax status, credit, insurance, and information about education.
What is their solution to this friendly fascism? They want, instead, to introduce a friendly fascism that has a shiny spiritual veneer. They want man to “evolve” to a higher consciousness, a super consciousness, which lies at the boundary between the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind. This evolution of consciousness will be a personal, spiritual, social, and cultural evolution. They want people to tap into this consciousness through their dream states. They want them to evolve into a hivemind, where they can telepathically communicate with one another. This could possibly be achieved through mystical experiences, psychic phenomena, esoteric ideas, occult practices, hypnotism, self-hypnotism, meditation, yoga, psychotherapy, psychology, psychochemical drugs, electrocranial stimulation, and cybernetics. “I think that cybernetics is the biggest bite out of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge that mankind has taken in the last 2000 years.”
This evolved man will see the inequality of the poorer nations. He will willingly give up his comfortable lifestyle. He will lower his living standards. He will share his wealth with the rest of the world. Men will collectively work together to accomplish equality (communism). And if they refuse to give up their wealth, they will be forced to give it up. This evolution is Gnostic in nature; it reminds me of Karl Marx, with his idea of man evolving into the socialist man/communist man. Out of this evolution will come a new system, a “new socialism,” which will be influenced by Freemasonry. “In ‘true Freemasonry’ there is one lodge, the universe-and one brotherhood, everything that exists. Each person has the ‘privilege of labor,’ of joining with the ‘Great Architect’ in building more noble structures and thus serving in the divine plan.”
The architects of this scheme must convince the masses that the earth has limited resources, which they term the “new scarcity.” They must convince the people that the earth is being overpopulated (today, climate change is the big scare they are pushing). With these supposed problems, man must be convinced that he needs to collectively band together. The architects of this scam must bring in a new economic and ecological system (known today as stakeholder capitalism and the green economy). To introduce this alternative way of life, they will introduce “behavior controls that would deprive the individual of freedoms” (which is known today as a social credit score system).
“Thanks to this initiative (the Green Economy Initiative) and the work of other agencies, ‘green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication’ was placed on the 2012 Rio+20 agenda and was acknowledged as a tool for achieving sustainable development.” – United Nations
“A crisis is often the catalyst for the redrawing of one’s preferred map.” A “crisis-oriented transformation” is likely to transform a culture rapidly. We saw some of this during COVID, which greatly affected our society and economy. People accepted a soft form of authoritarianism and the loss of freedoms. During COVID, they pushed vaccine passports. This mimicked Digital IDs. The unvaccinated could not go to certain places, because they didn’t have vaccine passports. The Canadian truckers had their bank accounts frozen. Those with alternative views were censored. These things mimicked a social credit score system with rewards and punishments. Society failed to think critically, thus proving that it was ready for the next step of the plan. Therefore, politicians touted the start of the Great Reset—a plan to build back better. So now we are in a transition period, a transition into a new economic order. As a result, we are being steered towards a major economic crisis. This “crisis-oriented transformation” will bring us into their new system. This system will use digital biometric IDs, CBDCs, and social credit scores.
The elites see multinational corporations as the “most effective mechanisms for husbanding the earth’s resources and optimizing their use for human benefit.” Giving multinational corporations the earth’s resources will supposedly lead to an “equitable sharing of the earth’s resources.” They will pressure corporations to help with the social engineering of society. The methods they will use to get corporations on board resemble those of a corporate social credit score system like ESGs. They will prod corporations, particularly multinational corporations, to shift their goals to line up with those of the (hijacked) public institutions. Indeed, the public institutions will be tools of indoctrination (today, these institutions promote things like DEI). They plan to use “corporations, foundations, political agencies, and voluntary associations” to help with the implementation of their plans. Today, this is called public–private partnerships. They will use networks at the local, regional, national, and world levels. This way, it will be quicker and easier for them to implement their new world order goals. They expect rapid social change, economic decline, and social disruption as they implement their new technocratic socialist order.
“We would thus hope not for a handful, but for a thousand heroes, ten thousand heroes-who will create a future image of what humankind can be.” They need an army of social(ist) justice warriors to bring about change. “The needed transformation cannot occur without both personal and institutional change.” This correlates with the left’s “long march through the institutions.”
They also want to experiment with a variety of family structures. They want to turn the family into “an extended unit,” which will provide “a larger source of meaning and significance.” So basically, the collective (government, schools, neighbors, and society) will raise your children in this new collectivist utopia. This extended family will be a “source of education,” and “a unit for work.” They want to “foster a period of experimentation and tolerance for diverse alternatives, both in life styles and in social institutions.” They also want to use “new experimental curricula.” Today, we have new experimental curricula such as critical race theory and queer theory.
They want the world’s population to embrace this new order. Their end goal is the Brave New World. In reality, those who refuse this new order will live out 1984, and those who accept it will live out the Brave New World. Though, as they admit, no transition will go smoothly. Everyone is going to feel some pain, and in a worst-case scenario, a lot of pain.
The Bible warns us about the Antichrist. Those who refuse the Mark of the Beast won’t be able to buy or sell, and they will be tracked down by the authorities. These people will experience the hell of 1984. But those who take the Mark of the Beast will evolve into transhumans, and they will experience the bliss of the Brave New World. They will be on a high, stimulated by soma frequencies. Thus, they will blissfully worship the Beast. They will evolve to a super consciousness; they will become one with the Beast.
God created man with a soul and free will. Those who accept the Mark of the Beast will lose their free will, because technology will control their allegiance and love for the Beast. Their free will is gonna be controlled by the Beast system. Never again will they have the free will to repent and turn to Jesus Christ. They will give up their free will; they will forfeit their own souls.
Revelation 14:9-11 “A third angel followed the first two, declaring in a loud voice: ‘If anyone worships the Beast and his Image, and takes the Mark on his forehead or his hand, that person will also drink of the wine of God’s anger that has been mixed undiluted in the cup of His wrath, and he will be tortured with fire and sulfur in front of the holy angels and in front of the Lamb. And the smoke from their torture will go up forever and ever, and those who worship the Beast and his Image will have no rest day or night, along with anyone who receives the Mark of his name.’”
Mark 8:36 “For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?”
Jupiter on September 25th. Seeing was around average to slightly above average with good transparency and heavy dew as the night went on. Still working on getting derotating images in WinJupos down and trying to get a feel for what options to use depending on the data collected.
Pushkar è una città incantata, dalle case coloratissime nel quartiere del mercato e bianchissime quelle che si affacciano sul lago.
E' una delle città più antiche esistenti dell'India. Si trova sulla riva del Lago di Pushkar. La data della sua vera origine non è nota, ma la leggenda associa il dio Brahma alla sua creazione.
Pushkar is one of the oldest existing cities of India. It lies on the shore of Pushkar Lake. The date of its actual origin is not known, but legend associates Brahma with its creation
The Pushkar lake has 52 ghats where pilgrims descend to the lake to bathe in the sacred waters.
Almost ten years ago, this 1966 EMD SDP40 was welcomed into the fleet of MTM with open arms.
A few changes have taken place since. Her headlight was restored to the cab (thanks, BNSF), her BNSF numbers and patches were removed, and American flags were added to her sides.
Since the plan has always been to restore her to Great Northern Big Sky Blue, she wears her GN number (325) instead of her BN numbers (9855 and 6399). This saves extra FRA paperwork.
Interesting historical data on 325, her serial number (31597) is just one digit off from her younger and famous cousin, Hustle Muscle SD45 GN 400 (31598). She was also the leading locomotive in a head-on collision.
Today, she still wears BN cascade green with the white face variation. When the blue paint comes out remains a mystery, but hopefully sooner than later. I love the BN, but GN paint will look so good!
As for the MNTX patches above the number boards, those are magnets.
One of three prints in my exhibit titled DEEPSKY and you can see details about my entry here www.artprize.org/terry-hancock
On display at the Grand Rapids Art Museum www.artprize.org/grand-rapids-art-museum September 18 to October 6th
More details here www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/9574955796/
Other entries can be seen here
The Heart Nebula www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/8504006910/in/photostr...
Bode's Galaxy M81 www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/9585418938/lightbox/
About this image
A combination of data from 3 different telescopes and focal lengths aquired with the QHY9M Mono CCD/TMB92SS in RGB and H-Alpha, RGB data from a Canon 5D II/TMB130SS and H-Alpha data of just the Horsehead Nebula using the QHY9M/Astro-Tech 12" RC. The recent combining of data from the 12" RC allowed me to get much more finer detail from the Horsehead, (zoom in and have a look).
Total Exposure time 23.5 hours
Location: Downunder Observatory, Fremont MI
Cameras: QHY9M monochrome CCD cooled to -30C www.astrofactors.com
Canon 5D Mark II
Optics: Thomas M. Back TMB 92SS F5.5 APO Refractor, TMB130SS F7 APO Refractor, Astronomy Technologies Astro-Tech 12" f/8 Ritchey-Chrétien astrograph
Mount: Paramount GT-1100S German Equatorial Mount (with MKS 4000)
Image Aquisition Maxim DL
Stacking and Calibrating: CCDStack
Registration of images in Registar
Post Processing Photoshop CS5
Featured in space.com May 1st 2013 www.space.com/20904-stunning-horsehead-nebula-stargazer-p...
`Evolution' of storage mediums.
On the bottom a 3½-inch HD floppy (1986). On the left in the foreground a SD card, to the right a micro SD card. Behind the SD cards a USB stick (256 MB capacity). Right in the background another USB stick (1 GB capacity). And last but not least on the left side in the background, a network cable, so you can access your data in the cloud.
I wish you all a happy Macro Monday and a great week.
Library of Congress Blanche Satchel
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Blanche Satchel
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