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Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Timo Soini and Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland welcoming the guests.

The Session of the Committee of Ministers, to be held at Finlandia Hall on 17 May 2019, will mark the end of Finland’s Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. At the meeting, Finland will hand over the Presidency to France. More than 30 ministers from the member States of the Council of Europe will attend the meeting. The meeting will be chaired by Foreign Minister Timo Soini.

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Dutch collector card, no. 30.

Lloyd Price (1933-2021) was an American R&B and rock 'n' roll singer. He was known as 'Mr. Personality' after his million-selling hit, 'Personality' (1959). Although most of Price's hits occurred in the late 1950s and early 1960s, he had his first hit in 1952 with 'Lawdy Miss Clawdy', which became a major R&B hit. Lloyd Price was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

Lloyd Price was born and raised in 1933 in Kenner, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. His mother, Beatrice Price, owned the Fish 'n' Fry Restaurant. Price picked up lifelong interests in business and food from her. He and his younger brother Leo were both musical. He had formal training on trumpet and piano, sang in his church's gospel choir, and was a member of a combo in high school. His first recording, 'Lawdy Miss Clawdy', was a hit for Specialty Records in 1952. However, his budding career came to a quick halt in 1954 when he was drafted into the army and was sent to Korea. Because of his musical background, though, he was placed into the Special Services (entertainment) branch, where he was put in charge of a large dance band that played 'Swing' music to entertain the troops. It was here that Price got the idea for what was to become his trademark style: combining a lush, full orchestra with the grittier, rawer tempos and vocals of R&B. After he returned, he found he had been replaced by Little Richard. Price made the rounds of record companies trying to convince them of the soundness of his idea, but he got nowhere. Frustrated, he started his own label, Kent Records. He continued to release records, but none were as popular until several years later, when he refined the New Orleans beat and achieved a series of national hits. His first record on Kent, 1957's 'Just Because', became a regional hit on the East Coast, but Kent, like other small labels, found it difficult to distribute nationally, limiting the chances of the record's success. Price managed to sign a distribution deal with ABC-Paramount Records, a major player with national distribution, and that enabled the record to stay on the charts for the next six months. The next year, he signed a distribution deal with Atlantic Records, another major label. However, he soon grew tired of both running a record label and performing, and decided to concentrate solely on performing.

Lloyd Price signed a recording contract with ABC-Paramount in 1958 and released what would be one of his biggest hits, 'Stagger Lee', complete with his trademark combination of orchestral background and R&B vocals. The record sold more than a million copies and was the top R&B record of 1959. The song did cause some controversy, though. It was based on an old tune called 'Stag-O-Lee' about an argument that took place during a gambling game that resulted in a barroom murder. Religious pressure groups, among them the Catholic Church's Legion of Decency, pressured Paramount not to release the record at all, due to its 'immoral' subject matter. Paramount did release it, but the lyrics were somewhat sanitised, with no mention of gambling or the shooting resulting in the character's death. Price's follow-up songs to 'Stagger Lee' were also big hits: 'Personality' and 'I'm Gonna Get Married'. Price left Paramount in 1962 and started his own record label again, Double-L. While he had some modest hits with that label, its main claim to fame was that it was the label which first signed Wilson Pickett to a solo contract. Price signed with several different labels over the next several years. He was the first black artist signed by Monument Records, a Nashville label that specialised almost exclusively in Country & Western singers. However, he couldn't manage to chart with any more records. To jumpstart his career, he started his own label again, Turntable Records, and even opened up a nightclub in New York called Turntables. From 1972 on, he concentrated more on personal appearances and concerts rather than recording. He entered semi-retirement in the mid-1980s and only occasionally appeared in concerts or on television. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

Source: Wikipedia and IMDb.

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This is one of the reasons I hate going to CostCo.

'Consumerville'. People lose all sense of decency when the've got a shopping cart full of shit.

I like the distraught child that TheOrris pointed out!

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President of Finland Sauli Niinistö and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Timo Soini greeting the guests at Finlandia Hall.

The Session of the Committee of Ministers, to be held at Finlandia Hall on 17 May 2019, will mark the end of Finland’s Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. At the meeting, Finland will hand over the Presidency to France. More than 30 ministers from the member States of the Council of Europe will attend the meeting. The meeting will be chaired by Foreign Minister Timo Soini.

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The kind of card that got McGill into trouble with the 'decency police' in the 1950s. Five shops were raided in a single day in 1953 in Ryde, Isle of Wight, and over 5,000 cards were seized. A year later, McGill faced charges under the Obscene Publications Act 1857 and was fined £50 at Lincoln Magistrates Court. Almost unbelievable nowadays... (New Comics Series 1806)

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Bad a Chreamha.

This is the tree line. A remnant of what must have been before clearing for sheep grazing and felling for timber for roofing and keeping the fires going. There are no peat cuttings here, the slope is too steep, and the lower fields are soil rather than peat.

This ash tree is a sentinel, and cane been seen from all around. Used by the cuckoos in the summer and the buzzards in the other seasons.

It is on the turn, as the greenery is not normally so verdant. It will be yellow and brown in the next few weeks.

In the foreground is bracken tangle, which is being scythed by hand by the crofters here, to encourage sheep walks between the grassier parts of the hill, of which there are many. It is a south facing and well drained hill that has been pasture in the past - at the expense of the trees.

The woodland at the loch side creates boundaries for the fenced enclosures, where highland cows, swartbles sheep, Exmoor ponies are kept.

Beyond is the fish farm (salmon) which most here view with mixed feelings. It brings employment, but has a dreadful history as an industry of sea bed pollution. It occupies a location in the inner Loch Carron east of the Strome Narrows, so the twice daily tidal flush is far less effective here. We have noticed a specialised ship used for sea lice decontamination by physical means, rather than chemical or pharmaceutical. So perhaps the industry is starting to clean up a very tarnished reputation.

On the far shore the railway from Inverness to Kyle of Loch Alsh runs at sea level. One of the most scenic railway journeys possible in Britain. Various pullman coached trains, with silver service on board, normally travel this route every week, disgorging hundreds of passengers to be taken to Skye hotels and eateries over night. These have just commenced their visits again as the highland population has with great care and responsibility avoided being much damaged by CO19, and seeks to restart the vital aspects of tourism again.

Some visitors here do not play by the rules with masks and social distancing - ‘oh we have come here to get away from all that’ - has been heard far too often. The risk to our rather fragile communities is therefore racked up. Campervan and rough camping visits have proliferated this year and broken every conceivable civic and CO19 rule, and all manner of decency, leaving some roadside camping locations heaving with filth.

The ash tree here symbolises for me, clean, tenuous live, determined to cling on. Almost every intervention all around appears to compromise this.

It is a daily way marker for me when walking the hill whether up or down or across.

Queens Of The Stone Age, end of the show

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Catching up on some back shots from the beginning of the year

On a walk around the Addington Cemetery with a wonderful Flickr friend. February 13, 2016 Christchurch New Zealand.

There is so much damaged in the cemetery because of the earthquake we have had. It is such a pity as I don' think it will ever be fully repaired.

The Addington Cemetery was established in 1858 when the Scottish Presbyterians of St Andrew’s Church purchased land for a cemetery in Selwyn Street. Although not the first cemetery in Christchurch, Addington was in fact the first “public” cemetery, “being open to all persons of any religious community” and allowing the performance of any religious service “not contrary to public decency”.

The first burial took place on the 10th of November 1858. The cemetery has several persons of note buried within its grounds including activist Kate Sheppard, Christchurch Mayor Tommy Taylor and members of the pioneer family, the Deans.

For More Info:http://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/addington-cemetery/

teen decency lives

Dressed in a hat decorated with Australian flags and a long yellow dress, a resident, Kate McCulloch, emerged from the meeting declaring a victory for "decency" - and insisted Muslims were incompatible with the local community. "The ones that come here oppress our society, they take our welfare and they don't want to accept our way of life," she said.

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VISIT TO NOKIA AND SITRA. PHOTO: ATTE KAJOVA

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Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Timo Soini and Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland welcoming the guests.

The Session of the Committee of Ministers, to be held at Finlandia Hall on 17 May 2019, will mark the end of Finland’s Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. At the meeting, Finland will hand over the Presidency to France. More than 30 ministers from the member States of the Council of Europe will attend the meeting. The meeting will be chaired by Foreign Minister Timo Soini.

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Photo: Kimmo Räisänen / Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

20220614 HELSINKI. CROWNE PLAZA. NAFM2022. Ministry for Foreign Affairs produces photo material for media representatives. Please feel free to use the photos for journalistic purposes, considering the following restrictions: One-time picture publishing right, no archiving or reselling. Editorial use only. When publishing the pictures, the name of the photographer and organisation shall be mentioned as a source. No picture manipulation is permitted. The holder of the picture rights and/or the organisation shall at all times retain the copyright to the picture. The publisher is not entitled to transfer rights to a third party. When publishing the pictures, the publisher shall ensure the legality of the context where the pictures are used, obtain the permissions and consents required for their publication, and observe the generally established practices and decency. The publisher shall also obtain the permissions needed for any names, persons, works of art, trademarks, and proprietary rights shown in the pictures. The publisher shall ensure that publication of the pictures does not insult anyone’s privacy or dignity. Photo: Atte Kajova

11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Rovaniemi. Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Timo Soini and Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade of Iceland Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson.

Finland hosts the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting on 7 May in Rovaniemi. Minister-level representatives from the eight Arctic States will convene to review and approve work completed under the two-year Finnish Chairmanship to improve sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic.

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VISIT TO NOKIA AND SITRA. PHOTO: ATTE KAJOVA

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Farewell Reception on the occasion of the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting at Arktikum.

Finland hosts the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting on 7 May in Rovaniemi. Minister-level representatives from the eight Arctic States will convene to review and approve work completed under the two-year Finnish Chairmanship to improve sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic.

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Unspoilt, peaceful, Georgian country parish church, mostly dating from 1719-20 but built on the foundation of a much older church. From the outside, it is a handsome church, X-plan, with an additional wing at the west end, topped by a belfry tower, containing the ducal retiring rooms. The interior, renovated 1784-5 and re-arranged circa 1870, has a typical presbyterian layout with central pulpit and three galleries. Many of the box pews have a central communion table. The north aisle of the church is taller and more sophisticated, built for the Duke of Queensberry and remaining from the earlier church. Inside the Queensberry Aisle is the real jewel of the church: the most amazing monument for the Queensberry burial vault, a baroque mural monument and free-standing baldacchino carved in 1695 by John van Nost to the design of James Smith who was also architect of the later church. A riot of swagged fabric, garlands of flowers, urns, barley-sugar columns, cherubs, skulls and pediments, all in gleaming white marble. 'There are few buildings in which baroque magnificence and presbyterian decency are so happily combined.' (George Hay, Architecture of Scottish Post-Reformation Churches). The churchyard contains some fine 17th-19th century stone monuments, many with classical ornament, including the martyr's monument to Daniel MacMichael and the 1685 monument to the children of William Lukup, Master of Works at nearby Drumlanrig.

Of all the photos I took at the Wisconsin protests, this is probably my favorite. I took it March 25 near the Capitol Square, and when I think about the Walker Recall that starts tomorrow, it's the photo I think of most often. It seems to sum up the dedication of those thousands of individuals who fought for something larger than themselves, who turned the battle for simple fairness and decency into a family affair.

Millions of dollars are going to be spent by Walker's corporate allies and sponsors in trying to smear the opposition. They'll be playing for keeps, trying to portray Walker's opponents as crybabies, childish troublemakers and malcontents, bad losers and dirty hippie liberals.

Ignore the propaganda. This is the face of the Wisconsin protests -- concerned citizens who are determined to turn Fitzwalkerstan back into the Wisconsin we know and love, to make it a state we can be proud of again.

Shelby and Olivia, really wanted to ride this pony... but uhmmm.. well thats a story for another day ;)

anyways for today here goes...

Back to the hospital for some more tests, I know one thing I got sun poisoning on Saturday... how i did it? being stupid and not reapplying sunscreen you say? yeah thats what it was.. but i wont be on much of today.. and that means i have ALOT of catching up still to do...

These next few weeks are going to be insanely busy Olivias Birthday is May the 7th her party is the 9th , I have a few more things to pick up,. Were supposed to have a Dora impersonator, she just backed out due to another "more important party" , i guess we werent rich enough? sad huh? now what to do?... i hope my friend still lets me use her horse!! sheesh...

anyways... ill be back this afternoon with details of mine and Olivias sickness...

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! See ya'll soon!

Also the Convoy of Hope on saturday had a greattttt turn out! Raleigh still has decency for the community.. thats love♥

German cigarette card for Hänsom cigarettes by Jasmatzi Cigarettenfabrik G.M.b.H, Dresden/Ross Verlag, Film Series 4 'Aus tönenden Filmen' (From sound films), no. 648. Photo: Paramount.

American actress Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968) was the most popular star of London's famed West End in the 1920s. After starring in several well-received plays, she gained the attention of Paramount Pictures executives and returned to the United States to try her hand at the film world. Tallulah's personality did not shine on film as Paramount executives had hoped. She appeared in such films as Devil and the Deep (1932) with Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton and newcomer Cary Grant, and Lifeboat (1944). While she made most of her fame on the stages of the world, the film industry and its history became richer because of her talent and her very colourful personality. Today her phrase, "Hello, Dahling" is known throughout the entertainment world.

Tallulah Bankhead was born in 1902 in Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A. She was not the first Tallulah in the Bankhead family, as she was named for her paternal grandmother, whose parents believed they had conceived her during a stopover at Tallulah Falls in Georgia. Her paternal grandfather was a noted politician and was notably a Senator from Alabama from 1907 until he passed away in 1920. Tallulah’s father followed in his footsteps and reached the pinnacle of his brilliant political career when he became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1936 to his death in 1940. Tallulah never knew her mother, who died of blood poisoning shortly after her birth, on the 23rd of February. She had an elder sister, Eugenia, also an original, who had an impressive record of seven marriages, including three to the same man. Since childhood, Tallulah revelled in being the centre of attention and soon dreamed of becoming an actress. In 1917, she sent her photo to Picture Play Magazine, which was conducting a beauty contest that would award the twelve winners a movie part. Her elegant portrait in hat and furs made her appear older than she was and favourably impressed the members of the jury, who decided to select her. In 1918 and 1919, she played in several films, usually in supporting roles. The only exception was Thirty a Week (1918), in which she was Tom Moore’s leading lady. However, Tallulah was much more interested in the stage and, from 1918 to 1922, appeared in eight plays on Broadway, without managing to establish herself as a star and reach the topmost rung of the ladder. She began to grow impatient and disappointed with the progress of her career.

In the fall of 1922, Tallulah Bankhead was noticed by famous British impresario and theatrical manager Charles B. Cochran, who campaigned for her upon his return to London and soon told her that she was seriously considered for the part of an American girl in Gerald Du Maurier’s forthcoming play 'The Dancers'. After having received another telegram informing her that another actress had been chosen, a determined Tallulah decided to go to Great Britain anyway. She arrived in January 1923 and quickly succeeded in convincing Du Maurier that she was the ideal choice for his play. 'The Dancers' opened in February and was a huge hit. She played it more than three hundred times and it made her the darling of the British stage. Her other London plays include 'The Creaking Chair' (1924), 'Fallen Angels' (1925), 'The Green Hat' (1925), 'They Knew What They Wanted' (1926), 'The Gold Diggers' (1926-1927), 'The Garden of Eden' (1927), 'Her Cardboard Lover' (1928), 'Let Us Be Gay' (1930), … She was noted for being the object of adulation from groups of young female fans, called the Gallery Girls, who greeted her loudly when she played on stage. For them, she represented the embodiment of their dreams and was the epitome of glamour and modernity. She also became famous for her wit, her hectic way of life, her antics and her constant partying. In 1928, after her name had been linked to that of five Eton College students, she was the subject of a confidential report from the MI5 Security Service, which regarded her as an "extremely immoral woman" and even considered at a time to deport her from the country. In 1928, she starred in the film His House in Order, for which she allegedly received the highest salary ever paid to a film star in England at the time. In 1929, she was seen and heard, thanks to the British Photophone process, in the short Her Cardboard Lover, a filmed extract from the play of the same name.

At the end of 1930, Tallulah Bankhead signed a film contract with Paramount, which wanted to turn her into another Marlene Dietrich. So, she came back to the United States. She was launched, in a blaze of publicity, in Tarnished Lady (1931), to disappointing box-office receipts and mostly negative reviews. My Sin (1931), The Cheat (1931), Thunder Below (1932), The Devil and the Deep (1932) and Faithless (1932), which she made on loan to M.G.M., followed. However, on the whole, and despite an intensive promoting campaign ("We gave you Marlene Dietrich, now we give you Tallulah Bankhead" proclaimed the ads), she failed to elicit more than a tepid response from the public, which was not as enthusiastic as Paramount had hoped for. She was mostly used in heavy melodramas that didn’t do justice to her talents and were not suited to her. Trying to make her a new Dietrich or a new Garbo had been a mistake. Tallulah had too much personality to be a second anybody. Furthermore, in the summer of 1932, she gave an interview to the Motion Picture magazine in which she openly lamented over her lack of male companionship during the last six months and boldly declared: "I Want a Man". It caused a commotion at the time and Will Hays, the initiator of the famous decency code, soon expressed his disapproval. She issued a denial but it was too late: the damage had been done. It was time for Tallulah to leave Hollywood and go back on the stage. She then starred in seven Broadway plays from 1933 to 1938, without scoring significant success. She reached the nadir when Shakespeare’s 'Antony and Cleopatra' closed after only five performances in November 1937. Ironically, one of her Broadway flops, 'Dark Victory', became a very successful screen vehicle for Bette Davis in 1939. In December 1936, she screen-tested for the role of Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind but David O’ Selznick found her too old, as the heroine is not yet twenty years old at the beginning of the story.

Fortunately, at the end of the 1930s, Tallulah Bankhead was given the plum role of Regina Giddens in Lillian Hellman’s Broadway play 'The Little Foxes'. It was a triumph, which made her a luminary of the American Theatre, and she played it more than four hundred times, from February 1939 to February 1940. The 1940s were a brilliant decade for Tallulah on Broadway, especially thanks to Thornton Wilder’s 'The Skin of Our Teeth' (1942-1943) and Noël Coward’s 'Private Lives' (1948-1949). In 1944, she starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s Lifeboat, in a role much better suited to her persona than her previous film parts. She then played Empress Catherine of Russia in Otto Preminger’s A Royal Scandal (1945). She had her last Broadway success with 'Dear Charles' (1954-1955). Four resounding flops followed: 'A Streetcar Named Desire' in 1956, 'Eugenia' in 1957, 'Midgie Purvis' in 1961 and 'The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore' in 1964. As the years went by, Tallulah the legend began to put Tallulah the actress in the shade. Several audience members came to see her on stage only to be entertained by their idol and have fun, even if she was appearing in a drama. For example, on the opening night of 'A Streetcar Named Desire', her gay following, much to her dismay, decided to take the play as a comedy and broke into gales of laughter whenever she had a line that could be construed as camp.

In the 1950s, Tallulah Bankhead tackled new challenges. From 1950 to 1952, she served as mistress of ceremonies on the radio in the big-budgeted and star-studded weekly program 'The Big Show'. People such as Groucho Marx, Ethel Barrymore, Marlene Dietrich, Louis Armstrong, Edith Piaf, Gloria Swanson, Gary Cooper, Danny Kaye, Ethel Merman, Bob Hope, Judy Garland, Ginger Rogers, Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra or Judy Holliday were among the prestigious guests. In 1952, she made her first TV appearance and, in 1957, she played herself, to hilarious results, in an episode called The Celebrity Next Door of the popular Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show. Her autobiography, simply called 'Tallulah', became one of 1952’s best-selling books. In 1953 and 1954, she headlined a lucrative cabaret act at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas. In 1951, she filed a complaint against her maid, who had been stealing money from her by forging checks. During the trial in December, the Defense tried to take the spotlight off their client and focused on Tallulah by making shocking revelations about her private life and her use of alcohol and drugs. The press had a field day, to her humiliation. The maid was finally declared guilty. At the end of 1949, she screen-tested for the role of Amanda in The Glass Menagerie. Director Irving Rapper was amazed and deeply moved by her performance but Jack Warner, who thought that her drinking could cause problems during filming, chose Gertrude Lawrence instead. She appeared as herself in Main Street to Broadway (1953), seemingly having great fun at caricaturing her personality and uttering self-ironic lines such as "I doubt if anyone will have as many flops as I’ve had". She later starred in England in the Hammer horror thriller film Fanatic/Die Die My Darling (1965), playing a former actress who has turned into an old ghastly-looking religious fanatic. It was intended to cash in on the vogue initiated by Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? three years before. Tallulah Bankhead was a lifelong Democrat Party supporter. She was also a passionate anti-communist, but this didn’t prevent her from profoundly disliking Joseph McCarthy, whom she called a 'disgrace to the nation'. She expressed several times her support for the civil rights movement and opposed segregation. For example, in 1946, she publicly denounced the Washington National Theater, which, at the time, didn’t allow Afro-Americans to attend performances, and, in 1947, she spoke against lynching at a Chicago rally. Her last role as an actress was as the evil Black Widow in two 1967 Batman episodes. She made her last appearance on television on The Tonight Show on the 14th of May 1968, alongside John Lennon and Paul McCartney, no less. She passed away on the 12th of December 1968, of pneumonia complicated by emphysema. Allegedly, her last audible words have been "codeine" and "bourbon". She thus would have stayed incorrigible until the end … and that’s the way we like her.

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supporting Queens Of The Stone Age at Palm Desert Benefit show, CA

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Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii

[Edit: Saturday morning while I sat in the chair at the arboretum blind boyscout patch, a child (emotionally a child, but one of Yakima County's oldest comptetive birders by age) came by and scattered seed under the bushes. He didn't even have the decency to ask if I thought that a good idea, the respect to defer to me since I'd been there before he showed up, nor the restraint to keep himself from traipsing around in front of the blind, frightening the birds. He should learn decency. Fortunately he left after ten minutes, motoring off in the golf cart he rode in on.]

Yesterday I heard a White-throated Sparrow singing not far from the Yakima Arboretum blind boyscout patch. This morning I got to see a White-striped White-throated Sparrow there. My friend Jim reminded me that I'd identified the one I found here last fall as a Tan-striped (based on the dark malar marks). Maybe that was in error, or maybe today's is a different individual. I'd seen that same "Tan-striped" bird as recently as last month. Today I was feeling ill, so off my game, but glad to be sitting in the chair there in front of the blind. This Lincoln's Sparrow was the treat of the morning. I think they're the most beautiful sparrow. I'm hoping Jim will get photos. [Edit: Jim did indeed get beautiful photos: www.flickr.com/photos/jlcummins_photography/32576632837/i...]

There's lots of seed that's been scattered at the base of the bushes. Scores of House Sparrows are loving that food in cover. Their din and jumpiness sure mucks with the native species and with me hearing them. I didn't see any of the banded birds there today. Please DON'T SPREAD SEED UNDER THE BUSHES. That only attracts many house sparrows, to the detriment of native birds.

Please Follow this Code and Distribute and Teach it to Others ABA Code of Birding Ethics.

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Please always consider the sensitivity of birds, nearby humans, and the environment.

My original photos have embedded GPS time/date/location -- proving when & where I took the photos. I would never falsify a checklist, nor info under my photos, and never have done so. I would never cheat on my Big Day, never trick someone into helping me cheat on my Big Day, never illegally call in a Spotted Owl, never trespass. Those practices would be the antithesis of my bird watching, and are clear violations of the ABA Code of Birding Ethics. I was used by Yakima County Big Day listers on May 11, 2013, and don't want others' enjoyment of birding to be harmed in the same way. If you find that you're wrong, whether in a bird identification or in your birding ethics, correct it. Be careful. Be ethical. Be truthful. Beware of being mis-lead.

A panoramic view of Bird Point, where we waited for the Bore Tide and Beluga Whales. The Bore Tide was not very impressive - possibly due to the winds. At least the tide had the decency to show up, though. We never did see Beluga Whales on our Alaska trip. The view, here, is worth the time spent in the cold all on its own. Imagine this scenery while listening to Wilson's Warblers, Yellow-rumped Warblers and Fox Sparrows singing.

Photographed at Bird Point, Chugach State Park, Alaska.

At least they had the decency to make good afterwards...

Moving the caravan from the Main Roads Camp for a party. Corey Worthington move over.

Bill and Val were at the movies when Johnny Way and Kenny Wilks came into the Coral Drive-in Theatre in Cairns and urged Bill and Val to get out of there because they had come all the way from the other side of Mt Garnet (probably the 40 mile scrub) and wanted to party.

Because they were all drunk and noisy, Bill and Val decided that couldn't have them disrupting the whole Main Roads Camp. So they hooked onto the caravan and moved it from the park at Behana Creek.

L to R: Valerie Wight, Ken Wilks, one of Ken's daughters, Johnny Way and Billy Wight in the door of the caravan door.

Notice the Ford Ranch Wagon at the front of the caravan.

The Ranch Wagon was the biggest bomb ever. It used to catch fire regular and did a heap of damage but never had the decency to burn so that an insurance claim could be made to rescue Bill and Val from the ownership of this liability on wheels.

Farewell Reception on the occasion of the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting at Arktikum.

Finland hosts the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting on 7 May in Rovaniemi. Minister-level representatives from the eight Arctic States will convene to review and approve work completed under the two-year Finnish Chairmanship to improve sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic.

Ministry for Foreign Affairs provides photo material for media representatives, participants and organisers of the meeting. Please feel free to use the photos, considering the following restrictions: Not for commercial purposes nor reselling. When publishing the pictures, the name of the photographer and organization shall be mentioned as the source. No picture manipulation is permitted. The holder of the picture rights and/or the organisation shall at all times retain the copyright to the picture. When publishing the pictures, the publisher shall ensure the legality of the context where the pictures are used, obtain the permissions and consents required for their publication, and observe the generally established practices and decency. The publisher shall ensure that publication of the pictures does not insult anyone’s privacy or dignity.

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The Common Blue Violet were flowering in a grove of Birch Trees along the Groundhog River in Reeves Township part of the Sudbury District in Northern Ontario, Ontario Canada

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welcome aboard, I always liked the wood grain formica on the dash & decency screens, always polishes up well.

a very wet crowd in Norway

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Kuva: Rim Mezian / Ulkoministeriö

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On this one, I wouldn't mind to hear hundreds of opinion (even though no more than 10 persons will see it). I've heard that she's sexy, scary or out of decency. I was looking for an attractive look (and must say that I was quite proud of the result). Is it really too much? Is she scary?

Troy Van Leeuwen, Queens Of The Stone Age, Newcastle Academy, UK

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This was an incredible piece of history, so glad I got to see it in person.

Also note the red "The President Has Seen" stamp.

Mural in front of one of the general stores in Pescadero, on the Pacific Coast of the San Francisco Peninsula.

No pictures of Quinn smoking a cigarette while riding a bike (he only smokes when stopped), nor of Chad walking his bike up the final steep section of Pescadero Road (I have some modicum of compassion and decency, see?).

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At least Lianne has the decency to acknowledge the camera. SHAME ON YOU NAT! SHAME!

VISIT TO NOKIA AND SITRA. PHOTO: ATTE KAJOVA

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Farewell Reception on the occasion of the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting at Arktikum.

Finland hosts the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting on 7 May in Rovaniemi. Minister-level representatives from the eight Arctic States will convene to review and approve work completed under the two-year Finnish Chairmanship to improve sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic.

Ministry for Foreign Affairs provides photo material for media representatives, participants and organisers of the meeting. Please feel free to use the photos, considering the following restrictions: Not for commercial purposes nor reselling. When publishing the pictures, the name of the photographer and organization shall be mentioned as the source. No picture manipulation is permitted. The holder of the picture rights and/or the organisation shall at all times retain the copyright to the picture. When publishing the pictures, the publisher shall ensure the legality of the context where the pictures are used, obtain the permissions and consents required for their publication, and observe the generally established practices and decency. The publisher shall ensure that publication of the pictures does not insult anyone’s privacy or dignity.

Photo: Jouni Porsanger / Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

it would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear. With so close a relationship between fear and corruption it is little wonder that in any society where fear is rife corruption in all forms becomes deeply entrenched.

. . . Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions, courage that could be described as 'grace under pressure' - grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure.

~ Freedom from Fear speech, by Aung Sang Suu Kyi, 1990

"Ms. Hatsune, please have some decency and cover up if you're going to work on the car like that!"

20220613 HELSINKI. PIKKU-FINLANDIA. NAFM2022. Ministry for Foreign Affairs produces photo material for media representatives. Please feel free to use the photos for journalistic purposes, considering the following restrictions: One-time picture publishing right, no archiving or reselling. Editorial use only. When publishing the pictures, the name of the photographer and organisation shall be mentioned as a source. No picture manipulation is permitted. The holder of the picture rights and/or the organisation shall at all times retain the copyright to the picture. The publisher is not entitled to transfer rights to a third party. When publishing the pictures, the publisher shall ensure the legality of the context where the pictures are used, obtain the permissions and consents required for their publication, and observe the generally established practices and decency. The publisher shall also obtain the permissions needed for any names, persons, works of art, trademarks, and proprietary rights shown in the pictures. The publisher shall ensure that publication of the pictures does not insult anyone’s privacy or dignity. Photo: Atte Kajova

Shida and Bhats collab. Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. At least a car had the decency to move for my photo.

in a Troy Van Helsing lighting moment

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